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

Strategy heads for 11th losing month in 12 as bitcoin weakness continues

Strategy (MSTR) shares have lost around 41% of their value in June.

STRC, MSTR, BTC (TradingView)

Policy

UK to lower stablecoin capital buffers, undercutting EU's MiCA requirements

The Financial Conduct Authority's proposal follows the Bank of England's backtracking on the limit to the value of stablecoins an individual could hold.

UK FCA building (FCA)

Policy

SEC wins $5.5 million default judgment over alleged fake crypto platform NanoBit

The group built trust via WhatsApp, then misappropriated user funds to Hong Kong bank accounts instead of executing any actual crypto trades.

Statue of Lady liberty (Tingey Injury Law Firm/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Tech

Private keys, not smart contracts, caused 40% of crypto's $16 billion hack losses. Here's whats being done.

The industry is moving toward fixing the private key vulnerability issue, just not evenly, Wish Wu, co-founder and CEO of Pharos, said.

(Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock)

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Finance

MiCA's looming deadline could leave 10 million crypto users without a platform in the EU

As MiCA takes full effect on July 1, SwissBorg's Alex Fazel told CoinDesk users should choose platforms built to withstand EU regulators' tightening oversight.

People standing in a line, silhouetted against a large window.

Tech

Vitalik Buterin says crypto’s most powerful idea isn't nearly ready for use

The Ethereum co-founder says indistinguishability obfuscation could one day act like a “trustless trusted third party,” but today’s versions remain far too slow for real use.

Vitalik Buterin (CoinDesk Archives)

Markets

Bitcoin falls into a technical no man’s land as major support levels sit miles away

Bitcoin is trading below key technical and onchain valuation levels, with historical bear market patterns suggesting a potential bottom closer to $45,000.

BTC Cost Basis (CheckonChain)

Markets

New MiCA regime in Europe, U.S. jobs report for June: Crypto Week Ahead

Your look at what's coming in the week starting June 29.

The formal signing of of MiCA at the European Parliament. (Swedish government/Twitter)

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Markets

BIS warns stablecoins are more like ETFs than actual money, and they're creating FX risk

BIS's latest annual report dives into stablecoins and AI trends.

The BIS building in Basel

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