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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Markets

Bitcoin Price Spikes to $138K on Binance.US

The exchange’s market depth has declined nearly 80% over the past month on regulatory woes.

Bitcoin price wicked to $138,000 in early morning hours today. (TradingView)

Finance

Atomic Wallet Hackers Use THORChain to Conceal Stolen $35M Funds

The hackers, believed to be North Korean hacking group Lazarus, have been using cross-chain bridges and liquidity protocols to mix stolen funds.

Hacker (Towfiqu Barbhuiya/Unsplash)

Finance

Binance Sets Up Bitcoin Lightning Nodes to Ease Deposits and Withdrawals

A host of crypto exchanges have set up their own Lightning nodes in recent months to offer faster bitcoin transactions to users.

Binance sets up lightning network nodes (Leon Contreras/Unsplash)

Tech

Latest Cardano Node Upgrade Goes Live on Mainnet

The upgrade 8.1.1 also contains software patches for minor issues from a previous node version.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Markets

Traders cripto recurrieron en masa a mercados OTC ante la escasez de liquidez en exchanges

La demanda en los mercados OTC está en alza mientras los diferenciales siguen siendo ajustados.

(Shutterstock)

Finance

Crypto Traders Flock to OTC Markets as Exchange Liquidity Dries Up Amid Regulatory Clampdown

Over-the-counter demand is on the rise as spreads remain tight across OTC desks.

(Shutterstock)

Web3

Aave's Decentralized Social Media Platform Lens Protocol Releases New Governance Model

Lens Improvement Proposals (LIPs) is an attempt to create a framework for developers, creators and users to participate in the decision-making process of Len’s future development.

(Arnaud Jaegers/Unsplash)

Policy

Polygon Labs Rolls Out Open Database for Blockchain Use Cases

Called "The Value Prop," the database hosts as many as 39 use cases and over 300 applications, with numbers expected to increase.

(Polygon Labs)

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Tech

Cross-Chain Bridge deBridge Launches App for Trading Without Liquidity Pools

The DLN app is now live with support for Ethereum, Arbitrum, Polygon, Fantom, BNB Chain, and Avalanche.

(AhmadArdity/Pixabay)

Finance

DeFi Platform EigenLayer Rolls Out Restaking Protocol on Ethereum Mainnet

EigenLayer's developers raised $64.5 million in a series of investment rounds.

(Mohan Murugesan/Unsplash)