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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Policy

Top Republican on US Senate Panel Ready to Work on Crypto Rules

Senator Tim Scott's announcement Thursday follows Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Sherrod Brown's earlier statement on his willingness to work on crypto legislation.

(Harold Mendoza/Unsplash)

Finance

Synapse Token Surges 44% as Cross-Chain Momentum Builds

The token has outperformed the broader DeFi sector since the turn of the year as investors flock to its cross-chain bridge.

Elliptic says RenBridge was used to launder $540 million in illicit funds. (Charlie Green/Unsplash)

Finance

Alameda Research Wallet Receives $6M From Bitfinex Hot Wallet

Alameda Research received over $10 million in stablecoins overnight as Bitfinex work with liquidators to return assets.

Alameda Research receives $6M from Bitfinex (Nansen)

Finance

Berkshire Hathaway's Charlie Munger Calls for Crypto Ban in the US

The veteran investor doubled down on his bitcoin skepticism, comparing it to gambling contracts.

Billionaire investors Warren Buffett (right) and his business partner Charlie Munger (David Silverman/Getty Images)

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Finance

Aptos Labs Issues Grant to Blockchain Lab at Cornell University

The newly launched blockchain built by former Diem developers has issued a $50,000 grant to a Cornell University professor of computer science.

Aptos founders Mo Shaikh (left) and Avery Ching (Aptos Labs)

Finance

Original Terra Lending Protocol Mars Hub Deploys Mainnet, Issues Airdrop

The protocol will initially be rolled out on Osmosis, Cosmos' largest decentralized exchange.

Mars Hub goes live on Cosmos. (Luca R/Unsplash)

Finance

DekaBank Selects Swiss Crypto Specialist Metaco to Steer Digital Asset Offering

The bank has 360 billion euros in assets under management and is eyeing up crypto products for its institutional clients.

Frankfurt-based DekaBank team up with Metaco (Louis Droege/Unsplash)

Web3

Premier League Inks Deal With Digital Trading Card Platform Sorare

The English soccer league has been considering a partnership with a crypto platform to expand its NFT offerings since 2021.

Premier League soccer ball (Getty Images)

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Finance

DeFi Lender Aave Deploys Version 3 on Ethereum Network

Aave v3 allows users to benefit from the highest borrowing power out of their collateral.

AaveV3 is live. (app.aave.com)

Finance

Conflux Token Spikes 60% as Blockchain Integrates China’s Version of Instagram

200 million users will now be able to display Conflux NFTs on their Little Red Book profile pages.

NFTs minted on Conflux can now be shown on China's Little Red Book (Little Red Book)