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

Riot Plans Hostile Takeover of Bitfarms; Proposes $2.30 Per Share

Riot privately offered its proposal last month, with Bitfarms rejecting it.

A photo of four mining rigs

Finance

Crypto Lending Firm Maple Finance Unveils Syrup Yield Platform and Rewards Token

Maple’s Syrup promises users yields of 15% by depositing Circle’s USDC stablecoin into the platform.

(Unsplash)

Policy

Hong Kong Will Inspect Offices of Crypto Platforms as Important Compliance Deadline Looms

Hong Kong's push to be seen as a major crypto hub could come under scrutiny if several or some of the 18 applicants for a license don't move past this important deadline.

Hong Kong (Dan Freeman/Unsplash)

Markets

Dogecoin, Floki, Dogwifhat Start to Surge as GameStop Jumps 19% in Pre-Market

Dog-themed tokens tend to move after rallies in video game retailer Gamestop, a so-called “meme stock.”

(Dogecoin)

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Tech

Solana Validators to Get More SOL as Fee Proposal Passes in Favor

Over 77% of Solana governance participants voted in favor of giving validators the full priority fee amount per transaction.

(Sam Kessler/CoinDesk)

Markets

Mt.Gox Transfers $9B Bitcoin to Single Address as Part of Repayment Plans

Nearly 107,000 bitcoin have been moved since early Asian hours on Tuesday, with bitcoin shedding 1.2% on expectations of selling pressure.

Mt. Gox Creditor Kolin Burges confronts Former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles (CoinDesk)

Finance

Ether ETF Listing Approval Sees Billions Poured Into Restaking Protocol Ether.Fi

The protocol now has $5.4 billion in total value locked (TVL).

Ether.Fi CEO Mike Silagadze (CoinDesk, modified using PhotoMosh)

Markets

PEPE’s Surge to Top 20 Tokens Turns Early $460 Purchase to $3.4M

The recent surge in PEPE's value is partly attributed to its use as a levered bet on the growth of the Ethereum ecosystem, with traders anticipating the approval of a spot ether exchange-traded fund (ETF) in the U.S.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Finance

Ether Volatility Expected as Traders Flood Exchanges With $231M of ETH Amid ETF Hopes

The surge in deposits comes after a 22% rally in ether spurred by hopes of a spot ETF approval.

Ethereum net flows (CryptoQuant)

Markets

BlackRock's Spot Bitcoin ETF Records Biggest Inflows Since April as BTC Hovers at $70K

Bitcoin spot ETFs in the U.S. have seen net inflows of over $1.4 billion in the past week after a timid first half of the month.

(Jim Henderson, modified by CoinDesk)