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

London-Based Asset Manager Fasanara Capital Establishes $350M Crypto VC Fund

Fasanara Capital's $350 million VC fund will invest in fintech and web3 companies.

London (Ben Davies/Unsplash)

Finance

Co-Founder of Failed Crypto Exchange QuadrigaCX Starts DeFi Protocol UwU Lend

The new platform released by Michael Patryn has already secured $57.5 million in total value locked.

QuadrigaCX co-founder Michael Patryn releases a new DeFi platform (Unsplash)

Finance

NFT Investor Animoca Brands Names Ex-Gemini Finance Chief as CFO

Jared Shaw joins Animoca after more than three years as Gemini's head of finance.

The Animoca Brands team in Hong Kong (Animoca)

Finance

Crypto Analytics Firm Messari Raises $35M in Funding Round Led by Brevan Howard Digital

The round reportedly values the firm at $300 million.

Messari co-founder and CEO Ryan Selkis (Danny Nelson for CoinDesk)

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Finance

Hacked Crypto Market Maker Wintermute Has $200M in Outstanding DeFi Debt

The firm's CEO described the company as solvent following the $160 million hack.

Evgeny Gaevoy, Wintermute CEO (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Nasdaq lanzará un servicio de custodia de criptomonedas para clientes institucionales

El exchange dijo que está abierto a trabajar con empresas de criptomonedas.

Nasdaq está ofreciendo servicios de custodia de criptomonedas. (Tim Evans/Unsplash)

Finance

Nasdaq Starts Crypto Custody Service for Institutional Clients

The exchange said it is open to working with crypto-native firms.

Nasdaq está ofreciendo servicios de custodia de criptomonedas. (Tim Evans/Unsplash)

Policy

Colorado Residents Can Now Use Crypto to Pay Taxes

The state's taxpayers can do so through PayPal for an additional fee.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (CoinDesk)

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Finance

Crypto Market Maker Wintermute Hacked for $160M, OTC Services Unaffected

Wintermute's lending and OTC operations have not been affected despite the hack.

(Shutterstock)

Finance

Fintech Startup TrueLayer Trimming 10% of Staff, Citing Challenging Market Conditions

About 45 employees will be laid off from the firm, which was valued at over $1 billion a year ago.

TrueLayer to lay off 10% of its staff. (Pawel Chu/Unsplash)