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

Meme Coins Outperform BTC, ETH and SOL as Traders Rotate Holdings

The $53 billion meme coin sector rose by more than 12% on Tuesday with the likes of pepe (PEPE) and dogwifhat (WIF) surging by 22% and 25% respectively, data from CoinGecko shows.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Hacks, Rug Pulls Cost BNB Chain $1.6B Since Inception: Immunefi

The blockchain remains the primary target for bad actors performing rug pulls.

BNB Chain Ethereum comparison (Immunefi)

Markets

Bitcoin at Pivotal Point as Bear Market Beckons: Onchain Data

Several factors point towards continued downside, but bitcoin whales continue to accumulate at the fastest rate in more than a year.

Bitcoin P&L index (CryptoQuant)

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Markets

AI Tokens Outperform CoinDesk 20 Index Tuesday Despite Clouds Forming Over Industry

New research from Goldman Sachs and Sequoia challenges assumptions that Artificial Intelligence and Large Language Models can change the world.

(Possessed Photography/Unsplash)

Finance

Bitcoin Bottom Is Near as Miners Capitulating Near FTX Implosion Level: CryptoQuant

Miner capitulation levels are now comparable with those in end of 2022, which was the market bottom after FTX implosion, CryptoQuant said.

Hash rate drawdown (CryptoQuant)

Finance

Pump.Fun Overtakes Ethereum With $2M in Daily Revenue to Take No. 1 Position

More than 11,500 tokens were created on Pump.fun on Monday.

Pump.fun overtakes Ethereum in revenue (Fikri Rasyid/Unsplash)

Finance

Astar Network to Burn 350M ASTR, 5% of Total Supply

The tokens were originally allocated to the now sunsetted Polakdot parachain auctions.

(Jp Valery/Unsplash)

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Finance

Polkadot’s $245M Treasury Would Last 2 Years at Current Spending Rate

The blockchain spent $87 million in the first six months this year, with marketing activities accounting for the majority of expenses.

The Polkadot pavilion on the Promenade at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland (Sandali Handagama/CoinDesk)

Finance

Metaplanet Buys Another $1.2M Worth of Bitcoin as Investment Strategy Progresses

The Japanese investment adviser said it acquired more than 20.2 BTC.

Tokyo, Japan (Ryo Yoshitake/Unsplash)