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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Finance

Hunter Biden's new LAPTOP token lost 98% of its value in under an hour after $1.6 billion debut

LAPTOP swung from $190 to under $4 within minutes of opening on Base. Onchain records show tokens had been distributed to market makers for a week before trading began.

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Markets

Bitcoin climbs as oil tops $100, equities drop after Iran strikes

Bitcoin advanced to as high as $79,700 while Brent crude topped $100 and European shares fell, leaving crypto tracking gold rather than equities.

Chart plotting percentage change in a number of crypto and traditional assets. (TradingView data)

Finance

Live updates: Bitcoin slips as yields head higher following Treasury buyback announcement

The Japanese yen extended its rally against the greenback, briefly strengthening past 153 per dollar.

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Markets

Bitcoin slips to $78,800 as BNB and DeFi tokens buck the selloff

Bitcoin fell 0.42% since midnight UTC to $78,874, but the CoinDesk 20 rose 0.2% and the memecoin index gained 0.41% as BNB Chain tokens rallied.

Crypto Markets Today (CoinDesk Data)

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Finance

Hunter Biden debuts 'LAPTOP' memecoin targeting TRUMP holders

LAPTOP debuts Wednesday on Base, with nearly a third of the supply set to be burned if a slate of political and market outcomes — including a Democratic win in 2028 — comes good.

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Tech

A two-key breach could hand control of $91 billion in USDT to hackers, report finds

The rating agency's new framework combines Wall Street financial auditing with Web3 code reviews to evaluate both off-chain reserves and on-chain security.

Computers. coding. tech. (Fotis Fotopoulos/Unsplash)

Markets

Weekend altcoin rally runs out of road as bitcoin slips

Bitcoin fell 1.1% since midnight UTC as Nasdaq 100 futures rose 0.3%, while the weekend's double-digit altcoin gains stalled.

Altcoin bid stalls (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin clears $81,000 as privacy coins lead a broad crypto rally

BTC pushed through the level that capped it in late August, while zcash gained 16% and dash 19%.

Bitcoin price (CoinDesk data)

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Finance

Live updates: Bitcoin jumps above $81,000 as rates fall, dollar weakens

The government's employment data (due tomorrow) is usually the main economic report of the month, but this time around it's next week's inflation numbers that will decide Fed policy.

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Markets

Bitcoin recovers toward $78,000 as pons and arbitrum extend Robinhood Chain rally

BTC rose 0.76% since midnight as a softer dollar lifted equities and metals alongside crypto, while ARB and PONS pushed higher for a third session.

Robinhood tokens tear higher (CoinDesk data)