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

DYDX Token Surges as Unlock Gets Delayed Until December

Next month's 150 million-token unlock has been reduced, with 83 million tokens allocated to investors being locked until December.

Crypto exchange dYdX blocked accounts with a Tornado Cash association. (Thom Milkovic/Unsplash)

Markets

Desbloqueos de tokens alcistas frenan la tendencia de mercado bajista en la temporada de altcoins

Los desbloqueos de tokens bajistas ahora son algo del pasado, dado que los traders astutos intentan realizar un estrangulamiento de posiciones cortas antes de que aumente la oferta.

Bear and Bull (Pixabay)

Finance

Bullish Token Unlocks Buck Bear Market Trend in Spur to Altcoin Season

Bearish token unlocks are now a thing of the past as astute traders attempt to squeeze short positions in the lead up to supply increases.

Bear and Bull (Pixabay)

Finance

Harmony Hackers Cover Tracks by Bridging Portion of $100M Loot to Avalanche, Ethereum and Tron

The hackers are using privacy wallets and cross-chain bridges to obfuscate stolen funds.

(John Noonan/Unsplash)

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Finance

Raydium Exchange Exploiter Sends $2.7M to Tornado Cash

The exploiter sent a total of 42 transactions amounting to 1,774.5 ETH on Thursday.

(Towfiqu Barbhuiya/Unsplash)

Finance

Ethereum Name Service's Governance Proposal Outlines Intention to Sell 10,000 ETH

The DAO's treasury currently holds 40,746 ETH and 2.46 million USDC.

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Markets

Bitcoin Tumbles From Multi-Month High on DOJ Worry, Hawkish Fed

Earlier Wednesday the crypto had touched its highest point since before the FTX collapse.

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Markets

DeFi Protocol Thena's Total Value Locked Surged to $90M in Its First Week

The BNB Chain-based DeFi protocol offers 9.93% yields for traders that stake stablecoins.

Thena protocol (Thena website)

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Finance

Crypto Bank Silvergate Shares Plunge 46% After $8.1B Withdrawal in Q4 Prompts 200 Job Cuts

The company also said it is writing off its investment in former Facebook stablecoin project Diem.

(CoinDesk)

Finance

Defrost Finance Denies Rug Pull Allegations Amid $12M Exploit

The group says it’s retrieved all the funds after offering a bounty to the hacker.

(Getty Images)