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

Visa Pilots Pre-Funded Stablecoins for Cross-Border Payments

Businesses would pre-fund their Visa Direct account with stablecoins instead of fiat, which Visa would count as "money in the bank."

A Visa card being held to next to a payment terminal. (CardMapr.nl/Unsplash)

Markets

XLM Surges 3.7% as Final-Hour Breakout Drives Fresh Momentum

Stellar’s token rallied from $0.36 to $0.37 in a 24-hour window, fueled by dual breakout phases and explosive final-hour trading volume.

"XLM Price Surges 3.7% on Heavy Volume with Breakout Rally Ending September 29"

Markets

HBAR Climbs on Strong Volume, Testing Resistance Near $0.217

Hedera’s native token posted a 2.37% gain over the past 24 hours, with surging volumes reinforcing bullish momentum despite broader market uncertainty.

"HBAR Surges 2% on Elevated Volume Amid Growing Institutional Demand for Blockchain Infrastructure"

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Markets

Strategy Buys 196 Bitcoin for $22.1M

Last week's bitcoin purchase was funded through common stock sales and perpetual preferred stock issuance.

Executive Chairman of Strategy Michael Saylor

Markets

Crypto Markets Today: Warning Signals as Bitcoin's Strongest Month of the Year Approaches

October is the month in which bitcoin, on average, posts its best returns.

An array of flashing orange warning lights at the side of a road.

Markets

IBIT’s Options Market Fuels Bitcoin ETF Dominance, Report Suggests

Unchained and analyst Checkmate highlight how iShares Bitcoin Trust leveraged ETF options have reshaped flows and bitcoin’s volatility profile.

(Kelly Sikkema/Unsplash)


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Finance

Quatrefoil Data Debuts to Build Benchmarks for Institutional Crypto Products

Firm introduces Ethereum staking benchmark as foundation for ETFs, derivatives, and credit markets.

"Crypto Dad" Chris Giancarlo Talks About the New Digitization of Value

Finance

AllUnity and Stripe’s Privy Join Forces to Enable Euro Stablecoin Payments

Integration allows fintechs and enterprises to settle in EURAU, claimed to be the first euro stablecoin under BaFin’s e-money license.

Euro. (jojooff/Pixabay/Modified by CoinDesk)