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

FIGHT Token Sale Raises $183M as UFC Partner Fight.ID Seeks to Bring Combat Sports Onchain

The Solana-based project’s second ICO in a week far surpassed expectations as retail investors double down.

UFC-endorsed FIGHT token raises $183 million (Anastase Maragos/Unsplash)

Markets

Crypto Markets Today: Bitcoin Tests $110K as Traders ‘Sell the News’ on Fed Cut, U.S.-China Deal

Bitcoin slid to its $110,000 support as the broader crypto market shed $80 billion following the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate cut and a new U.S.-China trade agreement.

Traders "sell the news" following Fed cut (TheDigitalArtist/Pixabay)

Finance

Plasma’s XPL Token Crashes 80% as Hype Fades Amid Woeful Debut

Once billed as the “blockchain for stablecoins,” Plasma’s XPL token has plunged from its $1.67 peak to $0.31 amid low network activity and waning sentiment

Plasma (Ramon Salinero/Unsplash)

Policy

Australia's AUSTRAC Fines Cryptolink as Part of Crypto ATM Crackdown

AUSTRAC has fined Cryptolink 56,340 Australian dollars ($37,000) after identifying "weaknesses" in the company's AML/CTF compliance.

Australia dollars (Squirrel/Pixabay)

Markets

Stellar Edges 1.5% Higher Breaking $0.32 Amid Institutional Accumulation

XLM demonstrates resilience with modest gains and exceptional volume surge, signaling potential momentum building beneath current consolidation patterns.

Stellar Lumens (XLM) Rises 1.5% with 134% Volume Surge Signaling Institutional Accumulation and Potential Breakout

Markets

HBAR Consolidates at $0.2010 as Volume Surge Signals Distribution

Hedera faces selling pressure at $0.2055 resistance as trading volume explodes 137% above average, marking institutional distribution amid choppy price action.

"HBAR Falls 0.3% Amid 137% Volume Surge Signaling Institutional Distribution at $0.2055 Resistance"

Finance

MegaETH Raises $450M in Oversubscribed Token Sale Backed by Ethereum Founders

The high-speed Ethereum layer-2 drew nearly nine times its target as over 14,000 investors rushed in.

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Markets

Crypto Markets Today: Bitcoin Consolidates at $113K Ahead of Potential U.S.-China Trade Deal

The crypto market paused midweek as traders looked to the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate call and progress on a potential U.S.-China trade agreement.

Donald Trump (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finance

Memecoin Tied to CZ Statue Crashes 99% After Binance Founder Disowns It

A Washington, D.C. statue of Changpeng “CZ” Zhao became the center of a memecoin frenzy after the “czstatue” token surged 27,000% in a day before collapsing to near zero.

Chanpeng "CZ" Zhao (Nikhilesh De/Modified by CoinDesk)