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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Hyperliquid's pre-IPO SpaceX contracts suffer 45% flash crash, liquidating $1.5 million

A massive selloff in a SpaceX crypto token wiped out hundreds of retail traders in 30 minutes because the market lacked enough cash to absorb the shock.

Hyperliquid SpaceX flash crash (Hyperliquid)

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Bitcoin’s famous CME gaps are about to disappear, though three remain unresolved

The launch of round-the-clock bitcoin futures trading eliminates the long-standing CME weekend gap and marks another step toward fully integrated institutional crypto markets.

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Crypto slides on Hormuz airstrikes as $897 million in long liquidations pile up

BTC dropped to its lowest since April 13 and ETH broke below $2,000 as U.S. airstrikes stoked inflation concerns, wiping out nearly $900 million in leveraged longs.

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Bitcoin clings to $75,000 support as bear market signals resurface

Bitcoin hovered below Tom Lee's $76,000 bull-market threshold while hyperliquid and monero bucked broader crypto weakness.

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Bitcoin risks another lower high as stocks rally, AI tokens outperform

The bitcoin price chart is forming a potential lower high while ether languishes in a months-old range even as S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 index futures push higher.

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Finance

OKX and ICE are bringing 'never-expiring' oil futures to 120 million crypto users

The new partnership comes as Hyperliquid’s oli futures contracts that never expire have been a huge success with over $1.6 billion in 24-hour trading volume.

Intercontinental Exchange CEO Jeffrey Sprecher mentioned Bakkt only once, and the bitcoin-focused subsidiary otherwise did not come up during Thursday's earnings call. (Credit: CoinDesk archives)

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Ark Invest buys $12.5 million of Bullish stock in four days

Ark frequently uses broader digital asset downturns, which tend to pull crypto equities lower, as an entry point into cryptocurrency companies.

Crypto platform Bullish goes public on the New York Stock Exchange. (CoinDesk/Nik De)

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Crypto majors stuck in tight range as altcoin rotation picks up steam

Bitcoin holds between $76,000 and $78,000 while AI tokens and HYPE surge; derivatives signal calm conditions with volatility selling dominating options markets.

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Crypto prediction markets are turning into dangerous national security risks, and Congress wants to ban them

Bubblemaps investigators led by Nicolas Vaiman, discovered 80 bets on Polymarket with a 98% win rate that he said is statistically impossible to achieve.

Bubblemaps CEO and Founder Nicolas Vaiman. (Bubblemaps)

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Live markets: Yet another Iran peace deal and Mark Cuban sells his bitcoin

Hyperliquid's HYPE is the outlier in crypto, rising 16.5% over the past 24 hours to a new record high.

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