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 nears 2024 lows as options traders pay up for downside protection

Bitcoin and ether slid toward key support price levels. DeFi tokens were hit hardest, even as XLM and LIT bucked the broader market weakness.

Bitcoin price (CoinDesk data)

Markets

Bitcoin hovers below $60,000 as crypto braces for a pivotal week

BTC added 0.6% to $59,800 to start the week while SOL rose 2%, though derivatives data and chart formations point to continued downside risk.

Bitcoin price (CoinDesk data)

Markets

Samson Mow says bitcoin bottom is in despite skepticism from analysts

The bitcoin advocate said his crypto bottom claim is based on the fact that the traditional four-year halving cycle has changed, although several analysts continue to expect further downside.

Samson Mow. (JAN3/Media)

Markets

Michael Saylor teases more bitcoin buying even as Strategy stock continues to fall

The crypto bull shrugged off market skepticism by sharing a chart of the company's $50 billion stash and teasing that they are going to need more data points.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk)

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Markets

Bitcoin bounces from $58,000 as derivatives signal more pain in the pipeline

BTC touched its lowest level since September 2024 before rebounding to $59,770, while ETH slipped further and another $1 billion in futures positions were wiped out.

Bitcoin price (CoinDesk Data)

Markets

All eyes on Strategy's June 30 ex-dividend date and monthly STRC dividend rate reset

Investors are watching the preferred stock's ex-dividend date and monthly dividend rate reset closely.

Strategy's Michael Saylor (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin tumbles to new multi-year low of $58,000, but a short-squeeze setup emerges

Derivatives markets signal that betting on further slide in prices is getting overcrowded, setting up for a potential snapback.

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Policy

CoinEx denies claims it served as $3.84 billion gateway to sanctioned Iranian crypto firms

Blockchain analysts TRM Labs says CoinEx facilitated more than $3.8 billion in blockchain-traced flows with sanctioned Iranian crypto entities. CoinEx disputes the findings.

(Tudoran Andrei/Shutterstock)

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Markets

Crypto relief rally fails to shake persistent bearish derivatives signal

A relief rally tied to recovering U.S. equities lifted BTC and ETH off weekly lows, but bearish derivatives positioning and negative CVD suggest the rebound may be fragile.

Bitcoin price (CoinDesk Data)

Finance

SecondFi loses $2.4 million in Cardano wallet exploit

SecondFi was hit by three separate attacks exploiting a flaw in its wallet generation software. A further 129 million ADA was secured by the team before attackers could reach it.

Hacker sitting in a room (Clint Patterson/Unsplash)