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

Bybit CEO Labels Pi Network a Scam, Citing Official Police Warning

The token is down by more than 60% since launch.

Bybit CEO labels Pi Network a scam (exploringzhongguo/Unsplash)

Markets

North Korean Hackers Were Behind Crypto's Largest 'Theft of All Time'

Lazarus Group was behind Bybit's $1.5 billion hack on Friday, Arkham Intelligence said, citing ZackXBT.

A hooded figure sits typing on a laptop in a darkened (Pixabay)

Finance

CZ Suggests Bybit Halt Withdrawals, Offers Help With $1.5B Hack

Bybit CEO has said that the exchange is solvent and withdrawals remain open.

Binance's former CEO, Changpeng "CZ" Zhao (Photos from Smorshedi/Wikimedia Commons and CoinDesk/Flickr, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Bybit Loses $1.5B in Hack but Can Cover Loss, CEO Confirms

A portion of staked ether is currently being liquidated on decentralized exchanges.

Bybit CEO Ben Zhou (Danny Nelson/ CoinDesk)

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Finance

Base DEX SynFutures Rolls Out AI Trading Agent

The final phase will allow users to deploy an AI agent to create and manage other agents.

Trading screens (TheDigitalArtist/Pixabay)

Finance

Pi Network's Token Debuts at $195B Value Despite Minimal Liquidity

There are definite liquidity concerns as 2% market depth on OKX fails to reach $100,000..

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Finance

Crypto Custody Firms BitGo and Copper Deliver Off-Exchange Settlement for Deribit

Clients of BitGo and Copper can now trade spot and derivatives on Deribit while assets are secured off-exchange.

Brett Reeves, head of BitGo’s Go Network (BitGo)

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Policy

Nigeria Sues Binance for $81.5 Billion in Economic Losses, Back Taxes: Report

The Federal Inland Revenue Service is looking for $79.5 billion for economic losses and $2 billion plus interest in back taxes.

Nigerian flag (Emmanuel Ikwuegbu/Unsplash)