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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Policy

Coinbase, Kraken, Others Form Coalition to Tackle 'Pig Butchering' Scams

The group also includes prominent crypto companies Ripple and Gemini, as well as Meta and Match Group, the parent company of dating apps Tinder and Hinge

16:9 Fraud, scam (brandwayart/Pixabay)

Finance

Hex Trust Issues First Native Stablecoin on Layer-1 Blockchain Flare

The stablecoin is backed 1:1 and can be staked on the Flare blockchain.

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Finance

ZkSync, Ethereum Layer-2 Network, Hints at Airdrop By End of June

ZkSync wrote on X that "handing over governance" is expected by the end of June.

Pyth issues token airdrop (ian dooley/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Traders Target $74K Next Week as BTC Spot ETFs Log Four Days of Inflows

One trader said rising risk appetite for alternative assets could cause bitcoin to exceed the $70,000 level over the weekend.

Scrabble letters spelling ETF arranged a rack

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Finance

Telegram-Based Notcoin Debuts at $1B FDV on Ton Blockchain

4.5% of the supply had been set aside for users on Binance Launchpool and OKX Jumpstart.

Coins (Micheile Henderson/Unsplash)

Finance

Wolverine-Themed Meme Coins Flood Market Following RoaringKitty's Cryptic Post

The Wolverine-themed tokens are not the only ones to have been issued on pump.fun.

Wolverine (Jack O'Rourke/Unsplash)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Rain Hit by $14.8M Exploit: ZachXBT

The hack occurred on April 29, ZachXBT said.

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Markets

Solana Meme Coins, GameStop Stock Rocket as 'Roaring Kitty' Returns on X

In addition to common stocks, opportunistic crypto developers issued scores of meme coins on various blockchains to capitalize on the hype.

GameStop sign on GameStop at 6th Avenue on March 23, 2021 in New York. (John Smith/VIEWpress)

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Tech

ETH Reverts to Inflationary Asset Following Fee-Reducing Dencun Upgrade

Transaction fees are four times lower on average following the recent Dencun upgrade.

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Finance

Ledn First-Quarter Loans Top Record $690M as Lending Market Snaps Back

The majority of loans were issued to institutional market makers following U.S. approval of spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds.

Ledn co-founders Mauricio Di Bartolomeo (left) and Adam Reeds (Ledn)