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

Stellar Lumens Holds Firm as Network Growth Set Stage for Breakout

XLM trades in a tight range with strong support at $0.42 as record wallet growth and rising total value locked fuel optimism for a push toward the $0.50 resistance — and potentially beyond.

Stellar Lumens Shows Strong Institutional Support Near $0.50 Resistance Amid Record Corporate Adoption

Markets

HBAR Swings 6% as Institutional Activity Signals Support and Resistance Levels

Hedera’s token rebounded sharply from overnight lows before retreating on heavy selling, as ETF filings and cross-chain integrations underscored growing institutional engagement.

HBAR Dips 1% After Breaching Critical Support Amid Institutional Selling and Volatile 24-Hour Trading Session

Finance

Crypto Hackers Capitalize on ETH Surge, Offloading $72M This Week

Three high-profile exploiters have taken advantage of ether’s rally to liquidate stolen funds, pocketing tens of millions in extra profits.

Under a low-light red lamp, a pair of hands types on a keyboard. (Wesley Tingey/Unsplash+)

Markets

Bitcoin and Strategy Lead Risk-Adjusted Returns as Volatility Falls

BTC and MSTR post Sharpe ratios above 2.0, far outpacing tech peers around 1.0, while implied volatility drops to new lows.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor at the Digital Asset Summit in New York City on March 20, 2025. (Nikhilesh De)

Markets

NEAR Protocol Faces Heavy Institutional Selling, Recovers Slightly Amid Ongoing Volatility

ChatGPT said: NEAR Protocol swung between $2.78 and $3.05 as nearly 20 million tokens changed hands during peak sell pressure, before buyers stepped in to lift prices back toward $2.82.

"NEAR Protocol Plummets 7% Amid Korean Exchange Deposits Suspension and Institutional Selloff"

Markets

ATOM Faces Sharp Decline Amid High-Volume Selloff

ATOM-USD rebounded sharply from a midday selloff, with heavy volume and fresh support at $4.60 signaling renewed buyer confidence, even as resistance at $4.91 remains unbroken.

"ATOM Experiences 9% Intraday Volatility Amid Record High Selling Volume and Rapid Recovery"

Finance

Turkish Crypto Exchange BtcTurk Witnesses $48M of Suspicious Outflows Amid Hack Fears

Blockchain sleuths flagged suspicious multi-chain transfers from the Turkish exchange, prompting a suspension of deposits and withdrawals.

Hacker sitting in a room

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Markets

ICP Rallies to $6.08 Before Sharp Reversal Amid Volatile Trading

ICP posts 5% swing before consolidating, after market sentiment was shaken by a security breach at Odin.fun

ICP-USD, Aug. 14 2025 (CoinDesk)

Markets

NEAR Rallies on Institutional Inflows, Surges Past Resistance Before Volatile Pullback

NEAR Protocol surged on strong institutional inflows and rising user growth, overcoming multiple resistance levels before short-term volatility set in.

"NEAR Protocol Surges 6% with Strong Institutional Volume and Bullish Momentum"