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

Crypto Investment Firm Blockstream to Acquire TradFi Hedge Fund Corbiere Capital

The planned deal will bring Corbiere’s equity and event-driven strategies under Blockstream’s asset management arm.

Adam Back, CEO Blockstream (CoinDesk/Personae Digital)

Finance

Most Influential: Arthur Hayes

BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes has re-emerged in recent years as one of the industry’s most consistently influential macro thinkers.

Arthur Hayes

Markets

Cardano Ecosystem Gets a Privacy Boost as Midnight’s NIGHT Goes Live

The network uses a dual-state architecture that separates public and private data while allowing controlled disclosure to auditors, institutions or counterparties.

Nahmii aims to boost Ethereum's speed. (Marc-Olivier Jodoin/Unsplash)

Markets

Crypto Markets Today: Traders Seek Catalysts After Bitcoin’s Post-Fed Pullback

The crypto market slipped to the lower end of its range after the Federal Reserve’s 25bps rate cut failed to spark fresh momentum.

Hot air balloon deflated(Getty Images/Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Stellar Edges Higher to $0.251 Despite Altcoin Market Apathy

Trading volume surged 19% above weekly averages as XLM consolidated around critical $0.25 support level.

Stellar Hits $0.25 Support Amid Increased Institutional Volume Despite Market Dips

Markets

Hedera Rises 1.8% to $0.1372 as Government Adoption Momentum Builds

Technical consolidation occurs alongside renewed focus on enterprise tokenization initiatives.

"HBAR Gains 1.8% to $0.1372 Amid Growing Government and Enterprise Tokenization Momentum"

Markets

SpaceX’s $300M Bitcoin Stack Puts Crypto Inside the World’s Biggest Planned IPO

The Elon Musk–run company is moving ahead with plans for an initial public offering that would seek to raise “significantly more than $30 billion.” Even relatively small balance-sheet allocations matter at that scale.

Elon Musk (jurvetson /CC BY 2.0./Modified by CoinDesk)

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Finance

Most Influential: Hayden Davis

Crypto’s Gen Z supervillain may have single-handedly popped the memecoin bubble this year, exposing it as less a cultural movement and more a parasitic financial machine feeding on new entrants.

Hayden Davis

Policy

Teacher’s Union Says U.S. Senate Crypto Bill Puts Pensions and Economy at Risk: CNBC

The AFT said the bill is “irresponsible” and “reckless,” putting pensions of working families at risk and paving the way for the next financial crisis.

Pixabay Photo.