Oliver Knight

Oliver Knight is the co-leader of CoinDesk data tokens and data team. Before joining CoinDesk in 2022 Oliver spent three years as the chief reporter at Coin Rivet. He first started investing in bitcoin in 2013 and spent a period of his career working at a market making firm in the UK. He does not currently have any crypto holdings.

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Finance

BitGo Signs Strategic Agreement With Korean Heavyweight Hana Bank

The Californian company will develop custody services and security solutions, local media reported.

(Pixabay)

Markets

Deribit Sees 17% Growth in Crypto Derivatives Trading Volume in August, Led by Options

Deribit registered an increase in crypto derivatives trading volume even as global activity declined by 12.1% to around $1.6 trillion.

Top crypto exchanges: monthly derivatives volume trends (Coingecko, Deribit)

Finance

Crypto Casino Stake Targeted in Reported $40M Exploit

Cyvers' platform describes the exploit as being related to a "private key leak."

Crypto casino Stake hit by $45 million exploit. (Carl Raw/Unsplash)

Finance

Synthetix Posts 12.5% Gain Amid Binance Outflows, Bucks Bearish Bitcoin Trend

One newly-created wallet withdrew $7.7 million of SNX and $3.9 million of LPT to prompt the tokens to surge.

SNXUSD chart (TradingView)

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Finance

Binance's Head of Product Departs as Executive Exodus Gathers Steam

Mayur Kamat's departure follows those of Chief Strategy Officer Patrick Hillmann, Senior Director of Investigations Matthew Price, SVP for Compliance Steven Christie and Asia-Pacific Head Leon Foong.

(Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Slides Under $26K, Majors SOL, XRP, DOGE Erase All Weekly Gains

Only tron (TRX) and toncoin (TON) were in the green on Friday, up over 1% each on no immediate catalysts.

(PIX1861/Pixabay)

Markets

Ether Heads for 'Death Cross'

A death occurs when an asset's 50-day simple moving average dips below its 200-day simple moving average.

Ether's daily chart (TradingView/CoinDesk)

Tech

Aerodrome Fanatics Deposit $150M to Base Blockchain on First Day

Its creators hope to emulate the apparent success of Velodrome, one of Optimism network’s most used platforms which holds over $288 million in locked value.

Aerodrome receives $150 million in deposits (Pixabay)

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Finance

SEC Could Prepare Alternative Arguments to Reject Spot Bitcoin ETFs: Berenberg

Coinbase’s potential involvement in spot bitcoin ETFs could serve as part of the SEC’s reconfigured arguments for rejecting the applications, the report said.

Photo of the SEC logo on a building wall

Finance

Binance to 'Gradually' End Support for BUSD Products

The move follows Paxos' decision to halt minting of new BUSD.

Logo de Binance. (Unsplash)