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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Markets

Here are key bitcoin price levels to watch as the rally gathers steam

BTC's price has hit four-week highs above $74,000. Here are next key levels that could amplify volatility or create resistance.

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Markets

Bank of Korea calls for stock-style circuit breakers on BTC exchanges

Crypto's 24/7 global trading across hundreds of venues makes it difficult for any single country to halt the market.

South Korea (Photo by Daniel Bernard on Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

StarkWare cuts jobs in reorganization as Starknet revenue plunges 99% from peak

Days after unveiling a quantum-safe bitcoin method, a StarkWare researcher was tapped to lead a new applications unit as Layer-2 revenue dries up.

StarkWare CEO Eli Ben-Sasson (Margaux Nijkerk)

Markets

Bitcoin hit by $20 million-an-hour selling pressure above $70,000

Bitcoin has once again seen heavy profit-taking above $70,000, according to Glassnode.

Daytrading bitcoins financial markets at a coffeeshop. (Austin Distel/Unsplash)

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Markets

Bitcoin may be forming a base at $65,000 as 'paper hands' have been flushed out

Jurrien Timmer, director of global macro at Fidelity Investments, says strong earnings are helping markets absorb geopolitical shocks, despite ongoing risks.

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Finance

Commodity traders are getting debanked due to Iran war, pushing them to rely on stablecoins

As banks retreat from trade finance amid Iran-linked risk fears, non-bank lenders and traders are increasingly turning to stablecoins for settlement, according to Haycen’s Luke Sully.

Shipping vessel at sea (Getty Images/Unsplash+/Modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

HSBC and Standard Chartered-led group land Hong Kong’s first stablecoin licenses

The approvals by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the territory's central bank, mark the first batch under the Stablecoins Ordinance, which took effect in August 2025.

Hong Kong (Ryan Mac/Unsplash)

Finance

Stablecoin volumes to reach $719T by 2035 as generational wealth shift speeds up crypto adoption

Massive transfer of wealth to younger, crypto-native users and rising payment volumes challenge dominance of Visa and Mastercard

(Photo by CoinWire Japan on Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Finance

BitMEX co-founder donates $5 million to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party

Delo did not specify whether he made the donation in fiat currency or crypto, but he expressed support for a proposed U.K. government moratorium on political donations made in cryptoassets

Nigel Farage (Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons)

Markets

Binance adds prediction market to its app for millions of users

The integration covers gas costs to lower barriers for retail users. Binance doesn't operate the markets directly, instead providing access to a third-party application.

Binance logo on a smartphone (Vadim Artyukhin/Unsplash)