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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Curve Founder Michael Egorov Deposits $35M CRV to Settle Debt on Aave

Egorov now has $132 million worth of collateral and $42 million in debt across all other DeFi lenders.

CRV token bounces 3% (CoinDesk data)

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Bitcoin Miner Marathon Confirms Mining Invalid BTC Block Due to a Bug

The block was invalidated due to a "transaction ordering issue."

Antminer bitcoin mining rigs displayed at Consensus 2021 (Christie Harkin/CoinDesk)

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Ethereum Wallet Tied to Sinaloa Cartel Sanctioned by U.S. Government

The wallet is tied to a money laundering operation that transfers proceeds from fentanyl sales to Sinaloa cartel leaders in Mexico, officials said.

(Pixabay)

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Crypto Exchange HTX Lost $8M of Ether Due to a Hack, Justin Sun Says

HTX advisor Justin Sun said the amount stolen equates to two weeks worth of revenue, and the firm has fully covered the losses.

Hacker (Towfiqu Barbhuiya/Unsplash)

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Crypto Traders Brace for Nearly $5B Bitcoin and Ether Options Expiry

Options are derivatives that give the purchaser the right to buy or sell the underlying at a pre-determined price at a later date. Quarterly options settlements are closely watched by traders.

Bitcoin options open interest by strike with max pain level. (Deribit)

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Bankrupt Bitcoin Miner Core Scientific to Buy 27K Bitmain Servers for $77M

The deal will see Bitmain receive $53.9 million worth of common CORZQ stock.

Core Scientific's Marble facility in North Carolina. (Core Scientific)

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Bank of Japan a Major Source of Uncertainty, Crypto Volatility Trader Says

While the Fed's tightening cycle seems to be in its final stages, the Bank of Japan is yet to move the needle on rates.

(Shutterstock)

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Optimism Foundation Sells $157M OP Tokens, Citing 'Treasury Management'

The token sale was described as a "planned event."

(Pixabay)

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Optimism Quietly Rolls Out Third Community Airdrop

A further 570 million OP tokens have been allocated to future airdrops.

Globos aerostáticos (Pexel/Pixabay)

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Binance Staked Ether Experiences $573M in Inflows This Month

Two days of inflows fueled a more than fourfold increase in Binance staked ether's total value locked.

Binance staked ether TVL (DefiLlama)