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

Cambodian Huione Group Received $98B in Crypto Leading to U.S. Crackdown: Elliptic

The group rolled out its own stablecoin in January to avoid traditional currency restrictions.

(Thoeun Ratana/Unsplash)

Finance

21Shares Files for SUI ETF, Token Surges

21Shares president is speaking today at Sui's annual Basecamp conference.

(gopixa)

Markets

Nasdaq Seeks SEC Approval to List 21Shares Dogecoin ETF

Coinbase Custody Trust will hold the fund’s tokens and serve as the official custodian for the ETF.

(digging-dogecoin)

Finance

KuCoin Commits $2B to 'Trust Project' Focusing on Crypto Security, Transparency

KuCoin’s native token, KCS, will play a more pivotal role in the ecosystem.

16:9 KuCoin (Shutterstock)

Finance

Bitcoin May Evolve Into Low-Beta Equity Play Reflexively, BlackRock's Mitchnik Says

"It makes no fundamental sense, and yet when it's repeated enough, it can actually become a little self-fulfilling,” Mitchnik said.

(Shutterstock)

Finance

UK Government Targets Exchanges and Stablecoins With New Draft Crypto Rules

The statutory instruments will see the creation of new regulated activities such as operating a cryptoasset trading exchange and stablecoin issuance.

FastNews (CoinDesk)

Finance

How $330M BTC Hacker May Have Doubled Down on Monero Derivatives

Monero rose by 45% after a flurry of spot buys, but open interest increased by 107%.

Hacker working on two laptops (Azamat E/Unsplash)

Finance

A Vanishing $212M Bitcoin Order Caused Chaos for Traders. Is Spoofing Back in Crypto?

Despite increased scrutiny, spoofing remains a challenge in crypto, highlighting the need for better surveillance and stricter regulations.

A curious case of $212 million vanishing bitcoin order. (Getty Images)

Markets

BONK Bets Gain Favor as New Token Issuance Platform Nets $800K in 3 Days

“I expect the platform's success to surprise many,” well-followed X user @theunipcs “Bonk Guy” told CoinDesk in a Telegram message.

Bonk developers say they want to showcase Solana's capabilities. And that's worked so far. (Bonk Inu)

Finance

SIGN Rises 60% on Upbit Listing Despite Slow Start on Binance

SIGN's rise is similar to FIL which also rose on an Upbit listing this month.

FastNews (CoinDesk)