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 Slides 3% as Selling Pressure Intensifies, Finds Support at $0.24

Hedera’s token endured a sharp decline, breaching key support levels before stabilizing near $0.24.

"HBAR Price Drops 3% Amid Persistent Selling Pressure and Consolidation Near $0.24 Support"

Markets

Stellar’s XLM Slips Below Key Support Despite Expanding Institutional Adoption

XLM fell 3.58% to $0.39 on heavy institutional selling, but fresh corporate partnerships and stablecoin integrations highlight Stellar’s long-term growth prospects.

XLM Drops 4% Amid Institutional Selling and Technical Support Breakdown Despite Corporate Partnership Growth

Finance

Ethereum Developers Set Fusaka Upgrade for December, Ahead of Blob Capacity Boosts

The rollout continues Ethereum’s scaling drive, following March’s Dencun blobs debut and May’s Pectra upgrade.

Blobs posted since Decun upgrade (Dune)

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Finance

IG Group Buys Majority Stake in Australian Crypto Exchange Independent Reserve for $72M

The deal aims to strengthen IG’s position in the Asia-Pacific crypto market and complements its recent crypto rollouts in the U.K. and U.S., the firm said.

16:9 Melbourne, Australia (Daniel Bone/Pixabay)

Markets

Bitcoin Traders Buy More Downside Protection After Fed Rate Cut: Deribit

Bitcoin (BTC) puts trade at a premium across all time frames.

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XLM Technicals Signal Bullish Strength Amid 4% Rally

Stellar’s XLM climbed nearly 4% in the past 24 hours, with surging volumes and repeated resistance tests at $0.40 pointing to strong institutional buying momentum.

"XLM Price Hits $0.40 Amid Institutional Buying and Rising Demand for Blockchain Payments"

Finance

Tristan Thompson Taps Somnia to Bring Basketball Fandom On-Chain

The NBA champion is launching an on-chain experience this October that tokenizes player value in real time.

Tristan Thompson and Herman Nerula (Basketball.fun)