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

Google Teams Up With Coinbase to Bring Stablecoin Payments to AI Apps

The tech giant expands its open-source AI protocol into financial transactions, partnering with Coinbase, the Ethereum Foundation to integrate stablecoin rails.

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Finance

Israel Links Wallets That Received $1.5B in Stablecoins to Iran's Revolutionary Guard

Israel flagged 187 crypto addresses allegedly linked to the IRGC. Elliptic says the wallets received $1.5B in USDT, though not all may belong to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.

Map of Iran with a pin just north of Esfahan. (Tudoran Andrei/Shutterstock)

Markets

Crypto Market Today: IMX, AVAX, HASH Rally as Majors Trade Little Changed

Traders are anticipating increased volatility after Wednesday's Federal Reserve interest-rate decision.

Federal Reserve logo highlighted on a U.S. banknote (joshua-hoehne/Unsplash)

Crypto Daybook Americas

Solana Steals the Spotlight as Fed Rate Cut Nears: Crypto Daybook Americas

Your day-ahead look for Sept. 16, 2025

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Markets

XLM Sees Heavy Volatility as Institutional Selling Weighs on Price

Stellar’s XLM token slid 3% amid institutional selling, but intraday volatility showed signs of short-lived recovery.

XLM Drops 3% Amid Institutional Selling with Record Volume and Key Support Near $0.375

Markets

HBAR Tumbles 5% as Institutional Investors Trigger Mass Sell-Off

Corporate treasury departments and institutional funds drive unprecedented trading volumes amid regulatory uncertainty.

"HBAR Drops 5% Amid Institutional Mass Selloff and Record Trading Volumes"

Finance

Base Explores Issuing Native Token, Says Creator Jesse Pollak

At the BaseCamp event, Jesse Pollak revealed the layer-2 network is considering a native token, though plans remain in early stages.

Jesse Pollak (courtesy Winni Wintermeyer/Coinbase)

Markets

Strategy Adds 525 Bitcoin in Latest Purchase

The company boosted its holdings to 638,985 BTC after a new acquisition worth about $60.2 million.

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

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Markets

Crypto Markets Today: XMR Rallies Despite 18-Block Reorg

Bitcoin traded in the red having failed to establish a foothold above $116,000 as whales rotated more funds into ether.

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