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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Finance

On-Chain Data Reveals How Trading Firms Worked the USDC Stablecoin Repeg

One wallet made $16.5 million in a day trading tether for USD coin and DAI.

Pérdida de paridad de USDC. (Cryptowatch)

Finance

Google Searches for Arbitrum Soar Amid Airdrop Announcement

The Arbitrum token will be airdropped to users next Thursday.

Google searches for Arbitrum by region (Google Trends)

Finance

Alameda-Linked Wallet Sent $100M of Stablecoins to Trading Firms After USDC Depeg

Three other wallets linked to FTX and Alameda sent $188.5 million in stablecoins to crypto exchanges on Tuesday.

Alameda Research-linked wallet transfers to trading firms. (Arkham Intelligence)

Finance

Decentralized Exchanges Posted Record $25B Daily Volume as USDC Depegged

The majority of volume took place on Uniswap and Curve as traders hopped out of, and back into, the stablecoin.

Trading volume on DEXs hits record high. (DefiLlama)

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Finance

DYdX Passes Vote to Reduce Trading Rewards by 45%, Sending Token Up 29.89%

The DYDX token is up by 121% since the turn of the year.

(Unsplash)

Finance

Coinbase Officially Suspends Binance USD Stablecoin Trading

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong previously said the decision was made due to liquidity concerns.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (CoinDesk)

Finance

$70M in Fresh On-Chain USDC Positions at Risk of Liquidation if Stablecoin Depegs by 10%

Traders betting on a USDC revival are in healthy profit but downside risk remains in the event of another depeg.

On-chain USDC liquidations (DefiLlama)

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Markets

Liquidaciones en la cadena se aproximan a un mínimo de dos meses por la caída de ether

Un total de US$119 millones en posiciones en la cadena están en riesgo de ser liquidadas si ether cae otro 20%.

Liquidaciones en la cadena de Ethereum. (DefiLlama)

Markets

On-Chain Liquidations Beckon as Ether Slumps to 2-Month Low

A total of $119 million in on-chain positions are at risk of being liquidated if ether slides by another 20%.

Liquidaciones en la cadena de Ethereum. (DefiLlama)