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

Crypto Exchange FTX Sets Up European Unit

The new division is based in Switzerland, with an additional base in Cyprus.

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried. (CoinDesk)

Finance

Manchester City Soccer Club Signs Deal With Crypto Exchange OKX

The partnership gives OKX a presence at the English Premier League champion's Etihad Stadium.

Manchester City's Etihad Stadium

Policy

EU Excludes 7 Russian Banks From SWIFT

The bloc is also studying whether crypto is being used to evade sanctions.

A European swift (TheOtherKev/Pixabay)

Policy

UK Regulator Bans Floki Inu Ads as 'Irresponsible'

The ASA said the ads "irresponsibly exploited" consumers' fears of missing out and trivialized investment in cryptocurrency.

Shiba inu (Melody Less/Unsplash)

Finance

Former Citigroup Executive Joins Provenance Blockchain as CEO

Morgan McKenney is the latest in a growing line of Wall Streeters leaving traditional finance for the cryptocurrency space.

exit, blocks

Finance

DeFi Platform Thetanuts Finance Raises $18M Seed Funding to Fuel Growth

The funding round was led by Three Arrows Capital, Deribit, QCP Capital and Jump Crypto.

Seed funding

Finance

FC Barcelona Plans to Create Its Own Cryptocurrency: Report

The club has rejected offers to be associated with crypto enterprises because it wants to develop its own cryptocurrency and its own metaverse.

FC Barcelona fans. Credit: Shutterstock/Christian Bertrand

Policy

US Treasury Prohibits Transactions With Russia's Central Bank

The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has also sanctioned the Russian Direct Investment Fund.

U.S. Department of the Treasury

Policy

US Shutters Embassy in Belarus Amid Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks

As with mainstream financial markets, cryptocurrency has felt the ripples of the hostilities in Eastern Europe.

Minsk, Belarus

Policy

UK Government Wants More Power to Seize Crypto Assets: Report

The reforms will be set out under a new economic crime bill aimed at addressing the use of digital currencies to hide the origin of potentially nefarious funding.

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