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

Optimism Tokens Worth $36M to Be Unlocked on Sunday; OP Slides 3.5%

Before the previous unlock, the token plunged more than 10% before recovering on the day.

Optimism token unlock schedule (token.unlocks.app)

Finance

ZkSync's Largest Lender Struck by $3.4M Exploit

EraLend said the threat has been contained, but advises against deposits.

Hacker (Towfiqu Barbhuiya/Unsplash)

Policy

UK Information Commission to Make Inquiries About Worldcoin

The firm has claimed it complies with "very, very local and very specific rules and regulations in each of the markets where there's an Orb."

An inside view of the Orb, Worldcoin's custom hardware that makes cryptographic IDs based on iris scans. (Worldcoin)

Finance

Worldcoin Releases Tokenomics, Report Geofenced for Some Countries

Sam Altman co-founded Worldcoin released its network on Monday.

The Orb. (Worldcoin)

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Finance

FTX Users Potentially Targeted in Possible Phishing Attack as Bankruptcy Claims Deadline Nears

FTX users have until Sept. 29 to file their bankruptcy claims.

FTX users prompted to reset password (FTX)

Finance

Arkham's Token Debuts at $0.75 After Being Sold for $0.05 in Binance Launchpad

Users locked up a total of $2.4 billion in the launchpad to secure a better chance at receiving the full allocation.

Base completes security audits

Tech

Lightning Network Bitcoin Deposits Now Live on Binance

Binance joins Kraken and Bitfinex in offering lightning network deposits.

Binance sets up lightning network nodes (Leon Contreras/Unsplash)

Finance

1inch Token Surges 58% as Daily Trading Volume Spikes to 20-Month High; Investor Moves $3.7M to Binance

Open interest across 1inch trading pairs also surged from $14 million to $125 million during the move.

1inch chart (TradingView)

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Finance

FTX, Celsius Bankruptcy Claims Can Now Be Sold on OPNX

Users will be able to convert their FTX or Celsius claims into the platform's reborn OX (reOX) or oUSD tokens.

Kyle Davies (left) and Su Zhu (middle). (Kyle Davies/X)

Markets

Early Shiba Inu Holder With 10% of Supply Moves $30M in SHIB Tokens

Data shows most SHIB market depth is under $1 million on various crypto exchanges, and a sell order of that value could move token prices by 2% immediately.

A Shiba Inu, the breed which inspired Dogecoin. (Payless)