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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Tech

Ethereum Foundation drops most ambitious roadmap in years, targets finality in seconds by 2029

The "strawmap" outlines seven forks through the end of the decade, including post-quantum cryptography, shielded transfers, and a 480x reduction in transaction finality time.

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Markets

Bitcoin stalls below $70,000 while DOT, UNI lead altcoin surge

BTC traded within a well-defined range as polkadot and uniswap rallied, cosmos slid.

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Markets

Three companies add Strategy's STRC to treasury as shares return to par

Strategy’s preferred equity trades back at $100 as corporate adoption expands at Strategy World 2026.

Executive Chairman of Strategy Michael Saylor

Markets

Crypto rebounds from oversold levels, altcoin season indicator revisits January high

Bitcoin rose as much as 3.7% overnight before paring gains, while altcoins outperformed and the altcoin season indicator hit its highest level since January.

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One of the longest mining capitulations nears end, signaling potential BTC price bottom

Hash Ribbon recovery and sub production pricing suggest the worst of the bitcoin drawdown may have passed.

Hash Ribbon (Glassnode)

Markets

Bitcoin’s U.S. demand signal turns negative for a record 40 days

The indicator last printed positive on Jan. 15. Its failure to fully recover after a Feb. 5 rebound suggests U.S. demand remains structurally absent rather than temporarily paused.

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Markets

Crypto markets bleed as bitcoin hovers above liquidation zone

Bitcoin dropped to $63,000 as the dollar climbed and equities weakened. A break below $60,000 risks further liquidations and a slide toward $52,500.

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Markets

Trump-linked stablecoin wobbles as WLFI says it's under 'coordinated attack'

The USD1 token briefly fell to $0.994, some 0.6% below its $1 peg, CoinGecko data shows.

World Liberty Financial leadership team (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Finance

Elliptic flags Russia-linked crypto platforms’ ongoing sanctions evasion

Bitpapa, Garantex and ABCeX were among the cryptocurrency exchanges linked to Russian-tied transactions circumventing Western evasions.

Russia stablecoin milestone. (Photo by Artem Beliaikin on Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin stabilizes after overnight crypto rout, bouncing to $66,000

Bitcoin fell to $64,270 shortly after midnight UTC before rebounding to $66,300, as thin liquidity amplified moves tied to U.S. tariff plans and geopolitical tensions.

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