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

HBAR Holds Ground at $0.19 as Global Headwinds Test Crypto Market Resilience

The Hedera token trades in a tight but volatile range as the crypto market continues to recover from the weekend's crash.

HBAR Surges 2% Amid Volatile Trading and Institutional Accumulation

Markets

Crypto Markets Today: Crypto Lags Behind Stocks and Gold as Traders Turn Defensive

Bitcoin traded near the bottom of its range at $112,000 while altcoins tumbled, led by FET’s steep drop.

(Ash from Modern Afflatus/Unsplash)

Markets

Ripple Expands Custody Network to Africa Following RLUSD Rollout

Earlier this year, the firm announced a collaboration with Chipper Cash to power crypto-enabled payments and confirmed that its USD-backed stablecoin, RLUSD, would roll out in African markets.

Globe showing Africa (James Wiseman/Unsplash)

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Finance

Crypto Treasury Firms Keep Buying Bitcoin. Outperforming ETFs Is the Hard Part

The boom in corporate bitcoin buyers highlights how fast DATs are scaling. But their model is fragile when outperformance depends on premiums, converts, and cheap debt.

DATs fail to Outperform ETFs (Gabriel Xu/Unsplash)

Markets

XLM Suffers Massive Sell-Off on Heavy Volume Spike

Stellar faces brutal selling pressure while institutional buyers emerge at oversold levels amid broader crypto market turmoil.

"XLM Drops 8% on Massive Sell-Off with Institutional Buying Amid Extreme Volatility and Market Consolidation"

Markets

HBAR Plunges 8% After Failed Rally to $0.20 Resistance

Cryptocurrency experiences dramatic reversal on heavy volume to confirm bearish momentum.

HBAR Plunges 8% After Failing to Break $0.20 Resistance Amid High Volatility and Volume Surge

Markets

Crypto Markets Today: Bitcoin Tests Key Support as Bullish Optimism Fades

Bitcoin steadies around $111,000 after a bruising sell-off, as derivatives and options data show mixed signals between cautious futures traders and bullish options buyers.

BTC/USD (TradingView)

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Markets

Metaplanet Trades Below 1x mNAV for First Time Since Starting Bitcoin Treasury Plan

Falling share prices push bitcoin treasury firms below key valuation threshold.

YTD Share Price Treasury Companies (TradingView)