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

DeFi Platform Cork Protocol Suffers $12M Smart Contract Exploit

Cork Protocol has paused all markets as a precaution.

Hacker working on two laptops (Azamat E/Unsplash)

Finance

Telegram Signs $300M Deal With Elon Musk's xAI to Integrate Grok Into Its Messaging App, TON up 16%

Telegram will also receive 50% of revenue from xAI subscriptions sold via the app.

Telegram. (Shutterstock)

Markets

Crypto Market Sees $300M Liquidations as Trump Tariff Threats Flush Late Bulls

The leverage flush happened as crypto prices quickly dropped on renewed trade war fears, with BTC slipping 3% from near record highs.

Close up image of Donald Trump speaking at lectern

Finance

'Major Wake-Up Call': How $400M Coinbase Breach Exposes Crypto's Dark Side

Coinbase said 69,461 customers were initially impacted by the breach, but fears remain over the threat of real-world robberies.

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

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Finance

Trump-Backed World Liberty Financial Buys BUILDon Token, Sending the Price Up 1,340%

The token had a market cap of just $40 million before the purchase.

(World Liberty Financial)

Markets

Why Are Bitcoin Traders Aggressively Shorting as BTC Hits New Record High?

The move comes as the long/short ratio is at its lowest point since September 2022.

Bitcoin long/short ratio (Coinalyze)

Markets

Bitcoin Overtakes Amazon as the Fifth Largest Asset, Hitting $2.16T Market Cap

Bitcoin rose to a new high of $109,400 on Wednesday before consolidating marginally lower.

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Finance

'Hawk Tuah Girl' Hailey Welch Claims SEC, FBI Cleared Her for the HAWK Memecoin Disaster

Haliey Welch says she “didn’t know enough about crypto” — despite previously claiming she’d “learned so much” ahead of her failed token launch.

Haliey Welch issues statement on HAWK memecoin (Hawk Token Page/Overhere)

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Markets

Strategy Expands Bitcoin Holdings With Latest Multi-Million Dollar Purchase

Company buys additional BTC via stock offerings, bringing total holdings to record levels.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor standing. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk))

Markets

Bitcoin's Volatile Liquidity Run Could Lead to New Record Highs

Bitcoin behaved differently on Sunday, with CME futures leading the volatile price action.

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