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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Cash-Backed HUSD Stablecoin Loses Peg, Drops to 92 Cents

The stablecoin is trading as low as 89 cents against USDC on Curve Finance.

HUSD has dropped below its 1:1 peg to the U.S. dollar. (Josh Appel/Unsplash)

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Crypto Lender Nexo Sues Former Director Over $7.9M Trading Loss: Report

Nexo was locked out of a BitMEX account connected to its former director, resulting in $7.9 million in losses.

Antoni Trenchev Co-Founder Nexo (Shutterstock/Coindesk)

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Crypto Broker Genesis Cutting 20% of Workforce as CEO Michael Moro Exits

Moro is to be replaced on an interim basis by Chief Operating Officer Derar Islim.

Genesis Global Trading CEO Michael Moro at Consensus 2022 (Morgan Brown/CoinDesk/Shutterstock)

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UK Group to Test Stablecoin Payments, Provide Data to Bank of England

The Digital FMI Consortium, a group of private-sector companies, will start a pilot scheme in October and run it for a minimum of a year.

El Banco de Inglaterra sube las tasas en 50 puntos base. (PeterRoe/Pixabay)

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Tencent Halts NFT Sales on Its Huanhe Platform Amid Regulatory Scrutiny: Report

Users will still be able to hold, display or request a refund for their digital tokens.

(Tada Images/Shutterstock)

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Crypto Lender Hodlnaut Applies for Creditor Protection in Singapore

Hodlnaut is looking to appoint a judicial manager to avoid liquidating customer assets at a loss.

Singapore Skyline (Swapnil Bapat/Unsplash)

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Blockchain Services Firm Eqonex Closes Crypto Exchange, Citing Volatility and Dwindling Volume

The Nasdaq-listed company will now focus on its asset-management and custody businesses.

Eqonex is closing its crypto exchange. (Masaaki Komori/Unsplash)

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Galaxy Digital Abandons $1.2B Plan to Acquire Crypto Custody Firm BitGo

The $1.2 billion deal was announced May 2021 and was expected to close by the end of that year.

Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Zipmex Crypto Exchange Gets Over 3 Months of Creditor Protection in Singapore: Report

The city-state's High Court granted Zipmex protection from creditors until Dec. 2 to give the exchange time come up with a funding plan.

Singapore Skyline (Swapnil Bapat/Unsplash)

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Tornado Cash's Discord Appears to go Dark

The crypto mixer's website seems to be offline for some users as well.

(Nikolas Noonan/Unsplash)