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

Crypto Traders Eye Major Events to Relieve Market Woes: Crypto Week Ahead

Your look at what's coming in the week starting Oct. 20.

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Finance

Huobi Founder Li Lin to Lead $1B Ether Treasury Firm: Bloomberg

Li Lin’s Avenir Capital is said to be teaming up with Asia's crypto pioneers to build a regulated vehicle focused on ether accumulation.

Hong Kong harbor during a sunrise (Manson Yim/Unsplash)

Markets

Stellar Lumen's XLM Token Down 6% Amid Heavy Sell Pressure

Stellar Lumens (XLM) slid 6.25% amid heavy institutional liquidation, even as the network’s latest protocol upgrade strengthened its enterprise-grade transaction capabilities.

"Stellar Lumens Drops 6% Amid Institutional Selling Despite Network Upgrade"

Markets

Hedera's HBAR Slides 11% as Selling Pressure Deepens

Hedera’s native token faced sustained downward momentum over the past 24 hours, testing key support near $0.16 amid heightened trading activity and persistent bearish sentiment.

HBAR Plunges 11% Amid Geopolitical Trade Tensions, Showing Persistent Bearish Momentum and High Volatility

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Finance

Arthur Hayes’ Maelstrom Seeks $250M Private Equity Fund to Acquire Crypto Firms: Bloomberg

Arthur Hayes’ Maelstrom family office is launching a private equity fund targeting infrastructure and analytics firms in crypto, aiming for $250 million in capital.

Arthur Hayes, former CEO of BitMEX (CoinDesk)

Policy

Coinhouse, Binance Among Exchanges Targeted for Widened AML Checks by French Regulator: Bloomberg

Failure to meet the requirements set by ACPR could compromise an exchange's ability to get a MiCA license from France.

Paris, France. (Pixabay)

Markets

Crypto Markets Today: BTC, Altcoins Plunge as Liquidity Tightens and Gold Demand Soars

Bitcoin drops below its 200-day average to near $104,500 amid broad sell-off; $1.2B in liquidations signal mounting stress as traders brace for further downside.

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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)