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

SEC Green Light on Liquid Staking Sends ETH Past $4K, Spurs Broad Staking and Layer-2 Rally

Regulatory clarity fuels surging prices across Ethereum’s staking ecosystem, with layer-2 tokens and optimistic rollup projects posting double-digit weekly gains.

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Markets

Coinbase Adds DEX Trading to U.S. Platform in Push Toward Becoming an ‘Everything App’

The crypto exchange adds on-chain DEX trading to its app, routing orders through aggregators like 0x and 1inch.

Coinbase (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

Finance

CrediX Team Vanishes After $4.5M Exploit in Suspected DeFi Exit Scam

Blockchain security firm CertiK says the lender’s website and X account have been offline since Aug. 4, after an attack drained millions.

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Finance

Worldcoin Rival Humanity Protocol Debuts $1.1B Mainnet for Privacy-First Web2 to Web3 Identity

Humanity Protocol’s $1.1B-valued mainnet uses zkTLS to link Web2 credentials with Web3 services while keeping user data private.

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Animoca Brands and Standard Chartered Establish Stablecoin Issuer in Hong Kong

The joint venture, known as Anchorpoint, also includes Hong Kong Telecom and aims to build a business model for the issuance of licensed stablecoins.

Yat Siu, co-founder and executive chairman of Animoca Brands. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Markets

Pump.fun Creates Liquidity Arm to Back Memecoins Amid Revenue Slump

The Solana memecoin launchpad says its new Glass Full Foundation will inject liquidity into select ecosystem tokens.

Pump.fun's swap tool (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

ATOM Surges 3% as Cosmos Ecosystem Gains Exchange Support

Coinbase adds dYdX native network integration while geopolitical tensions drive investors toward decentralized alternatives.

ATOM surges 3.4% on strong volume as Coinbase integrates dYdX native network amidst market rotation toward decentralized ecosystems.

Markets

NEAR Protocol Posts 5% Recovery Amid Volatility Surge

NEAR Protocol surged 5% in a 24-hour rally before late-session volatility erased gains, as institutional flows met resistance amid shifting macroeconomic conditions.

NEAR Protocol Climbs 4.8% in Strong Recovery Rally Fueled by Institutional Accumulation and High Trading Volume

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Finance

Salomon Brothers Say It Has Completed Process of Notifying 'Abandoned' Crypto Wallets

Revived investment bank Salomon Brothers is using Bitcoin’s blockchain to claim abandoned wallets, sparking legal and ethical debates as it targets dormant addresses holding billions in BTC.

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Finance

Trump Set to Greenlight Crypto in 401(k)s; Bitcoin Rallies on Retirement Reform Push

President Trump’s upcoming executive order could open the door for Bitcoin, private equity, and real estate in U.S. retirement plans.

Donald Trump at BTC 2024 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)