Jamie Crawley

Jamie has been part of CoinDesk's news team since February 2021, focusing on breaking news, Bitcoin tech and protocols and crypto VC. He holds BTC, ETH and DOGE.

Jamie Crawley

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Finance

Tether putting $23 billion gold stockpile to work with bullion-backed loans

The stablecoin issuer is extending its tokenized gold strategy by allowing holders of XAUT to borrow against their bullion, mirroring bitcoin-backed lending without selling the underlying asset.

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino at White House

Markets

Ethereum treasury firm Sharplink buys ether for the first time in eight months

The second-largest corporate ether holder purchased 5,000 ETH worth about $7.85 million on Thursday, its first inflow since October, even as it sits on a paper loss of roughly $1.8 billion.

Graphic showing ethereum symbol on a grid with screens.

Finance

Japanese financial services giant SBI Holdings to buy Bitbank for $289 million

SBI said the purchase of the crypto exchange is set to close in October.

Tokyo (mako/Unsplash)

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Markets

Strategy has a 10-month cash runway for dividends, but retail investors are losing faith

STRC was marketed as a low volatility income product designed to trade near $100, and its sharp decline has undermined investor trust.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk)

Policy

CoinEx denies claims it served as $3.84 billion gateway to sanctioned Iranian crypto firms

Blockchain analysts TRM Labs says CoinEx facilitated more than $3.8 billion in blockchain-traced flows with sanctioned Iranian crypto entities. CoinEx disputes the findings.

Map of Iran with a pin just north of Esfahan. (Tudoran Andrei/Shutterstock)

Markets

Micron delivers blowout earnings, surges 16% and deals crypto bulls a blow

Micron Technology surged after blockbuster earnings and strong guidance, lifting AI memory stocks.

Memory chips (dujin yun/Pixabay)

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Finance

YZi Labs ends proxy war with BNB treasury company CEA Industries

Partner Alex Odagiu will serve as an interim president, pending a search for a new chief executive, while head of YZi Labs Ella Zhang and Matthew Roszak also appointed directors of CEA.

Ella Zhang, head of YZi Labs, at Consensus Hong Kong 2026 (CoinDesk)