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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Markets

MATIC Surges 10% as Polygon's 2.0 Upgrade Draws Closer

Open interest for MATIC trading pairs has risen from $109 million to $160 million in the past 24 hours.

MATIC open interest (Coinalyze)

Finance

DeFi Protocol Holding 55% of Algorand Value to Shut Down

Algofi will close following a sharp drop in activity on the Algorand blockchain.

A table surrounded by eight empty chairs. (Nastuh Abootalebi/Unsplash)

Finance

Arkham Intelligence Rolls Out Crypto Data Marketplace; Privacy Advocates Cry Foul

Binance Launchpad will host a token sale for 5% of the ARKM token supply.

(Adam Levine/CoinDesk)

Tech

Exploit of Fantom, Moonriver and Dogechain Crypto Bridges Confirmed by Multichain Team

“It is recommended that all users suspend the use of Multichain services and revoke all contract approvals related to Multichain,” developers said early Friday.

Cypher Protocol suffers exploit (Clint Patterson/Unsplash)

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Finance

DeFi Firms Sign Up to Balancer's Plan for Tackling Lack of Liquidity

The initiative will allow holders to vote in governance proposals while providing liquidity to decentralized exchanges.

(Arnaud Jaegers/Unsplash)

Finance

Aave Holders Vote on Proposal for DeFi Protocol to Convert 1,600 Ether Into wstETH and rETH

The Aave token has risen by 7.24% in the past 24 hours.

(Arnaud Jaegers/Unsplash)

Finance

Citigroup Reviews Partnership With Metaco, in Talks With Other Crypto Custodians: Bloomberg

Citigroup has started discussions with other crypto custody partners, according to the report.

(Miquel Parera/Unsplash)

Finance

Coinbase's Base Prepares for Mainnet Launch With Slew of Security Audits

Base has engaged with over 100 external security researchers to test its forthcoming layer 2 blockchain.

Base completes security audits

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Finance

Developer Six Clovers Rolls Out Cross-Border Crypto Payments on Sui

The Versal Network will allow companies to transact in stablecoins and central bank digital currencies.

Payments network built on Sui (Steve Johnson/Unsplash)

Finance

COMP Token Rises by 50% in 4 Days Amid Flurry of Whale Activity on Binance

One wallet deposited $3.5 million worth of USDT and withdrew $7.76 million in Compound's COMP tokens this week.

COMP/USD chart on Binance (TradingView)