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

BIS project finds tokenization could make cross-border payments faster, safer

Project Agorá, backed by major central banks, will now move toward "real-value" testing to settle tokenized central bank money and bank deposits on blockchain rails.

The Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland (Fred Romero/Flickr)

Markets

Robinhood is letting AI trade for you so you don't have to keep checking the markets

Robinhood is bringing hedge fund-style automation to everyday investors by letting AI agents build portfolios, execute stock trades, and even go shopping using virtual credit cards.

Robinhood shares could benefit from SEC dropping Coinbase case. (Shutterstock)

Finance

DTCC plans to bring tokenized assets to Stellar in latest Wall Street blockchain push

The U.S. market infrastructure giant targets connecting tokenized stocks, ETFs and Treasuries to Stellar in the first half of 2027.

Frank La Salla, President and CEO of the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) speaking at Consensus 2026 in Miami (CoinDesk)

Tech

Kraken unveils Bitcoin Vault, expanding yield push for BTC holders

The new earn product lets users generate BTC-denominated rewards through DeFi strategies while keeping exposure to bitcoin’s price.

Payward and Kraken co-CEO Arjun Sethi. (CoinDesk)

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Policy

Singapore charges former Hodlnaut CEO Zhu Juntao over Terra collapse claims

Zhu allegedly directed staff to publish false claims that Hodlnaut had no direct exposure to the TerraUSD collapse on Telegram and in customer emails.

Banks in Singapore (Aditya Chinchure/Unsplash)

Markets

IREN shares jumps on $1.6 billion Dell deal to expand AI cloud business

The Dell agreement will support IREN’s expanding AI cloud business and boost projected annualized revenue to $4.4 billion by 2027.

Bitcoin hash rate has surged in 2024 (Hashage)

Markets

Bitcoin drops to 13th largest asset as capital flees to AI and precious metals

Bitcoin’s weak 2026 performance has coincided with sharp gains in metals and semiconductor giants, raising concerns that the cryptocurrency could continue losing ground.

Semiconductor manufacturer TSMC did not mention crypto mining in its latest earnings. (Unsplash)

Tech

DeFi isn't safe anymore because AI is becoming 'superhuman' at hacking, security chief warns

As hacks pile up and DeFi TVL falls fast, one of crypto's top security executives says AI coding agents have made smart contracts fatally vulnerable.

A notable portion of Bybit's hacked funds remain dark. (TheDigitalArtist/Pixabay)

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Tech

XRPL could close its biggest DeFi gap if new AMM amendment passes

A draft proposal filed Tuesday would extend the XRP Ledger's native automated market maker with three swappable curve types, giving liquidity providers more efficient ways to deploy capital and closing one of XRPL DeFi's longest-standing gaps.

XRP (XRP)

Markets

StablR freezes USDR and EURR after attacker mints $13.5 million in unbacked tokens

The breach, linked to a 1-of-3 multisig wallet weakness, allowed attackers to compromise a key and mint $13.5 million in unbacked tokens, netting them $2.8 million.

Hacker facing screens with lines of code (Boitumelo/Unsplash)