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

Bitcoin ETF flows turn positive for 2026 after erasing $5.8 billion deficit

At one point in July, ETFs were down $5.8 billion in net outflows for the year. Now, that’s turned into $800 million in net inflows.

BTC ETFs: Net annual flows. (CoinDesk, SoSoValue)

Finance

Crypto casino Duelbits goes offline after $7 million hot wallet hack

Attackers drained Duelbits' hot wallets across four blockchains; about $6 million in stolen funds now sits in a single Ethereum address.

Duelbits transaction map (Etherscan data)

Markets

Bitcoin slides to $83,300 as bond yields hit highest level since 2007

The 10-year Treasury yield reached its highest since 2007, sending U.S. stocks and crypto lower before Asian and European traders bought the dip.

Litecoin outperforms (CoinDesk data)

Markets

Bitcoin consolidates near $86,000 as rally narrows and Brent slips below $100

Thirty-eight of the 100 CoinDesk 100 constituents were lower on the day, with bitcoin cash up 32% over 24 hours on a CME futures listing.

Crypto rally stalls (CoinDesk Indices)

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Markets

BlackRock says AI agents could drive stablecoin and crypto adoption

The asset manager sees payments as the nearer-term opportunity, while markets for computing capacity remain at an early stage

Larry Fink

Markets

Strategy returns to bitcoin buys, adding $75 million of BTC last week

It's the first week of bitcoin purchases for Strategy in about three weeks.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor addresses Consensus 2026 in Miami.

Markets

Bitcoin hits $85,000 as short squeeze forces out $648 million of bearish bets

Open interest climbed 7.59% to $156 billion even as positions were closed out, a sign traders are chasing the move rather than stepping back.

Bitcoin liquidations (CoinGlass)

Markets

Layer-2 and DeFi tokens lead broad crypto advance as post-Fed hike nerves fade

Starknet and arbitrum gained more than 17% while the 10-year Treasury yield slipped back below 5%, with 98 of CoinDesk 100 constituents advancing.

Altcoins lead the way (CoinDesk data)

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Finance

Ratings giant S&P Global acquires OpenZeppelin in tokenized finance risk push

Building on its recent market-data investment in Kaiko, S&P Global’s latest purchase targets the technological risks facing banks and asset managers onchain.

S&P Global offices in NYC. (Beyond My Ken/Wikimedia Commons)

Finance

How Circle’s institutional Arc blockchain got taken over by memecoins on day one

Circle blockchain Arc's first day was dominated by memecoins, and the traders behind them had already moved on by Thursday morning.

Arc first day volume (DefiLlama)