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.

Oliver Knight

Latest from Oliver Knight


市场

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)

市场

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)

市场

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

市场

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.

广告

市场

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)

市场

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)

金融

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)

金融

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)

广告

Crypto Daybook 美洲

Optimism creeps back into crypto, with the 2022 test still to come

Your day-ahead look for Sept. 17, 2026

Fed Chair Kevin Warsh stands in front of two American flags at a press conference.

市场

Crypto rallies through the Fed's first rate increase since 2023

Bitcoin rose 0.88% over 24 hours to $76,621 as the central bank's projections implied only one further hike. Zcash jumped 23% to a record after Paradigm disclosed a stake.

Zcash leads altcoin rally (CoinDesk data)