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

KuCoin Community Chain Launches $50M Accelerator to Nurture Ecosystem Projects

The program will finance initiatives such as a developers bounty, hackathons, incubation funds, liquidity support and listing recommendations.

KuCoin

Finance

Two European Soccer Clubs Cancel Sponsorship Deals With Bitci: Report

Sporting Lisbon pointed to the Turkish crypto firm's failure to make its payments.

(Vasyl Shulga/Shutterstock)

Finance

Bloomberg Integrates Elwood Technologies' Crypto Platform Into Buy-Side Order System

The integration will be available to mutual clients of Elwood and Bloomberg in Q2 of this year.

Bloomberg Terminal

Policy

Ukraine Central Bank Suspends Use of Electronic Money Following Russian Invasion

The ban is one of several restrictions imposed by the National Bank of Ukraine on the imposition of martial law in the country.

National Bank of Ukraine (Shutterstock)

Finance

Valkyrie Investments Offers Treasury Management Service to Blockchain Projects

The digital asset manager will offer cash flow management, proprietary investing and advanced reporting.

The Ride of the Valkyries.

Finance

Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Ends Blockchain Payment Network Plan

Slow growth in transaction numbers caused by COVID-19 made it difficult to expand the business at the pace originally planned.

MUFG

Finance

Web 3 Browser Opera Integrates With Ethereum Layer 2 Exchange DeversiFi

DeversiFi's aim is to help traders avoid the high gas fees on the Ethereum network by enabling layer 2 trading.

From a technical standpoint, the integration marks an intriguing if obscure milestone for Opera. (Credit: Shutterstock)

Finance

Crypto Lender Celsius Appoints CFO Following Predecessor's Arrest

Rod Bolger replaces Yaron Shalem, who was arrested in Tel Aviv in November in connection with Israeli crypto mogul Moshe Hogeg.

Celsius (Shutterstock, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

London Stock Exchange Group Buys Fintech Firm TORA for $325M

The acquisition opens the door to the possibility of LSEG offering crypto or non-fungible token (NFT) trading in the future.

LSEG expands to include digital assets in its SEDOL Masterfile securities database. (spatuletail/Shutterstock)

Finance

FTX Starts Gaming Unit to Promote Crypto Adoption: Report

"There are 2 billion-plus gamers in the world who have played with and collected digital items, and can now also own them."

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried. (CoinDesk)