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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Markets

Trader Turns $450 into $2M Betting on Avalanche Meme Coin Coq Inu

A pittance punted on COQ shortly after its issuance has yielded a massive return for one on-chain trader.

(Coq Inu)

Finance

OKX Wallet Users Warned to Update App to Avoid Code Vulnerability

It is unclear whether any funds have been stolen from OKX wallet users.

Hacker (Towfiqu Barbhuiya/Unsplash)

Finance

Injective's INJ Year-to-Date Gain Rises to 3,000% After Latest Jump

Artificial Intelligence hype is among the catalysts for the outsized move.

INJ/USD (TradingView)

Finance

Ledger Exploit Drained $484K, Upended DeFi; Former Staffer Linked to Malicious Code

Security firm Blockaid's CEO told CoinDesk that users are still at risk.

Hacker (Towfiqu Barbhuiya/Unsplash)

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Finance

Ledger Exploit Endangers DeFi; Sushi Says 'Do Not Interact With ANY dApps'

The exploit reportedly prompts users to connect their wallets via a pop-up, triggering a token drainer.

Ledger Nano S hard wallet opened to show the screen display

Finance

HTX, Poloniex Assets Are '100% Safe' Says Justin Sun After $200M Hack

Both exchanges lost a combined total of more than $200 million in a series of hacks last month.

Consensus 2019 Justin Sun CEO TRON (CoinDesk)

Finance

Celestia, Blockchain Data Solution, Sees TIA Token Surge as Polygon Plan Announced

The price started rising, on speculation, even before Tuesday's announcement that Polygon would allow users of its blockchain development kit to incorporate Celestia's "data availability" solution as a modular option.

TIA/USD chart (TradingView)

Finance

Tether Freezes 41 Crypto Wallets Tied to Sanctions

Several of the frozen wallets had been using Tornado Cash over the past six months.

(Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Markets

BitTorrent's BTT Token Doubles in Value as Tron, on Which It's Issued, Hits 200M Users

The token is now approaching a $1 billion market cap.

BTT/USD chart (TradingView)

Finance

Crypto Lending Firm Ledn Offers Low-Risk Custodied Loans

It’s the first time this type of loan, which is done through a centralized entity that can offer 24-hour disbursements, is being offered outside the U.S., according to Ledn co-founder Mauricio Di Bartolomeo.

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