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.

Oliver Knight

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Markets

Looter Behind $61M Curve Hack Starts Returning Assets, Raising Hope for Recovery

The exploited protocols offered a 10% bounty Thursday for returning the rest of the assets until the end of this week.

(Alpha Rad/Unsplash)

Finance

'Suspicious' Multichain Wallet Dumps $1.8M of WOO Network Tokens; Price Drops 8%

The wallet is actively selling CRV and YFI tokens on Uniswap.

Hacker (Towfiqu Barbhuiya/Unsplash)

Finance

Memecoin-Focused Crypto Casino Coco Makes a Cracking Debut, Hits $36M in Volume

The casino features a slot machine focused on dogecoin and pepe.

dogecoin/pepe slot machine (Coco Bets)

Finance

Worldcoin Hype Causes Optimism to Leapfrog Arbitrum in Daily Transactions

Worldcoin's token has more than 250,000 holders just two days after it launched.

A user from GCR getting their iris scanned with a Worldcoin Orb in Paris on July 21. (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

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Finance

Trader Redeems $12.3M of Rocketpool's Staked Ether to Mark Largest Daily Burn

The trader reportedly sent the ether to Binance after redeeming staked ether on Rocket Pool.

Trader redeems 6.72k ETH from Rocket Pool (Elena Mozhvilo/Unsplash)

Tech

Sui Foundation Bins MovEx After Violation of SUI Token Lockup Schedule

MovEx had violated the lockup by initiating three transactions of 625K SUI to three unique wallets, sparking concerns around these excess tokens in the open market.

Sui Foundation sacks MovEx after token unlock violation (Matt Smart/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Volatility Expected on Friday's Bank of Japan Rate Decision. Here's Why

The BOJ is predicted to soften its grip on the country's bond markets, potentially influencing global bond markets, exchanges rates and liquidity conditions. Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, in general, are sensitive to changes in global liquidity conditions.

(Shutterstock)

Finance

DeFi Daily Volume Dwindles to 7-Month Lows as Sector Endures Downswing

Sunday marked the lowest daily volume across DeFi since the turn of the year.

TVL drops across DeFi (DefiLlama)

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Finance

Optimism Tokens Worth $36M to Be Unlocked on Sunday; OP Slides 3.5%

Before the previous unlock, the token plunged more than 10% before recovering on the day.

Optimism token unlock schedule (token.unlocks.app)

Finance

ZkSync's Largest Lender Struck by $3.4M Exploit

EraLend said the threat has been contained, but advises against deposits.

Hacker (Towfiqu Barbhuiya/Unsplash)