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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Markets

Citizens Sees Ether Primed for $10K as Supply Tightens and Institutional Demand Surges

The bank sees growing adoption, tighter supply and rising institutional inflows driving a sharp ether rally within two years.

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Markets

Gold Tests Key Resistance Level That Could Signal the Next Bullish Phase

Bitcoin is now just 7% of gold’s total market value as it nears a $2 trillion market cap.

Gold vs M2 Money Supply (TradingView)

Markets

Stellar Slides Late as Volatility Returns Despite Institutional Milestone

WisdomTree introduces Europe's first physically-backed Stellar exchange-traded product amid heightened competition in digital payments infrastructure.

"Stellar Lumens (XLM) Faces 1% Hourly Decline Amid Support Breach and WisdomTree's European ETP Launch"

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Markets

HBAR Faces Sharp Bearish Reversal After Volatile 24-Hour Trading Window

Hedera’s HBAR token saw a dramatic 5% intraday swing as institutional investors drove heavy volatility, with early gains erased by late-session corporate liquidation pressure.

"HBAR Exhibits 5% Institutional Volatility Amid Corporate Trading Reversal and Support Zone Dynamics"

Finance

Crypto Markets Today: Bearish October Continues as Altcoins Dealt Hammer Blow

Crypto markets extended their steep losses Thursday as altcoins plunged and bitcoin tested key support, with derivatives data showing cautious sentiment amid fading liquidity.

Traders suffer liquidation cascade on HyperLiquid (Getty Images+/Unsplash)

Markets

Visa Says It Wants to Build the Rails for Lending in ‘Onchain Finance,’ Its New Name for DeFi

The payments giant’s latest report rebrands decentralized finance as “onchain finance” and positions Visa as the data and custody layer connecting banks to a $670B stablecoin credit market.

A Visa card being held to next to a payment terminal. (CardMapr.nl/Unsplash)

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Markets

Bitfarms Launches $300M Convertible Note Offering, Shares Drop Pre-Market

Bitfarms share price has soared over 315% year to date, due to AI/HPC pivot.

Bitfarms Share Price (TradingView)

Policy

Australia's Government Proposes New Powers for AUSTRAC to Restrict Crypto ATMs

AUSTRAC said that the majority of high-value crypto ATM transactions were directly associated with scams or moving money to high-risk jurisdictions.

Parliament house, Canberra, Australia. (Unsplash)