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

Bitcoin Miner SAI.TECH Halts Kazakhstan Expansion, Citing Operation and Cost Uncertainties

The Nasdaq-listed company has scrapped plans for a second phase of power-supply cooperation in the central Asian country.

Bitcoin mining rigs (Image credit: Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

Finance

Hackers Return $9M to Nomad Bridge After $190M Exploit

The popular Ethereum to Moonbeam bridge is working with law enforcement and data analytics firms.

(Shutterstock)

Layer 2

Binance Investigations Officer: AML Cost Exchange ‘Billions in Revenue’

While venting to CoinDesk about unflattering Reuters coverage, the crypto exchange’s investigations team shared insights about the scale of illicit activity at Binance and its crime-fighting methods.

Consensus 2022

Finance

Schwab Asset Management to List Crypto ETF on NYSE

The exchange-traded fund will provide exposure to companies involved in crypto mining, trading and brokerage services.

(Sophie Backes, Unsplash)

Finance

Lender Babel Finance Lost $280M Trading Customer Funds: Report

The firm is looking to convert hundreds of million in debt into equity after a series of trading losses.

Flex Yang, co-founder of Babel Finance (Babel)

Finance

ApeCoin Proposal to Fund 24-Hour BAYC News Site Wins Community Approval

The Bored Ape Gazette will focus on all Yuga Labs projects while while including NFT market data.

Millions of dollars worth of NFT exploits have occurred in the past few months. (Bored Ape Yacht Club, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

'Cryptojacking' in Financial Sector Has Risen 269% This Year, SonicWall Says

Cyberattacks targeting the finance industry are now five times higher than attacks on retail.

(Boonchai Wedmakawand/Getty Images)

Technologies

Tether, Bitfinex, Hypercore Launch Encrypted Communications Protocol Holepunch

Video-calling app Keet, the first app built on Holepunch, will integrate built-in payments powered by Bitcoin's Lightning Network.

Video calling app Keet will be the first app built on Holepunch. (Ptrikutam/Unsplash)

Finance

Aptos Labs Raises $150M in Funding Round Led by FTX Ventures

The team is looking to bring the Diem blockchain back to life.

Unizen has received $200 million from alternative investment group Global Emerging Markets. (Shutterstock)

Finance

Ken Moelis' Investment Bank Creates Group to Focus on Blockchain Deals

The New York bank, founded in 2007, is looking at crypto deals with more intent.

(Sophie Backes, Unsplash)