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

Creators of DeFi Firm Aave Simplify Its Family Self Custody Wallet

Avara, the parent company of Aave, is allowing users of its Family Wallet to onboard with email or SMS, rather than messing around with seed phrases.

Stani Kulechov, Lens founder, at Consensus 2019 (CoinDesk archive)

Policy

BlackRock Secures UK FCA Crypto Registration

The world's biggest asset manager will be allowed to act as an arranger for iShares Digital Assets AG, who issue Exchange Traded Products.

The Financial Conduct Authority regulates the U.K. crypto market. (Shutterstock)

Markets

Ether Shows Signs of Downtrend Exhaustion as Trump's 'Liberation Day' Tariffs Loom

Ether may lead the market higher in case the looming tariffs are more measured than expected.

Trading screens (TheDigitalArtist/Pixabay)

Finance

Crypto Investors Lost $1.67B to Hacks and Exploits in Q1: CertiK

The figure marks a 303% increase on the previous quarter.

Hacker (Towfiqu Barbhuiya/Unsplash)

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Finance

Circle and Near Invest $14M in Remittances App for Indian Diaspora

The app currently has 500,000 monthly actively users.

India's flag (Naveed Ahmed / Unsplash)

Markets

HyperLiquid Delists JELLY After Vault Squeezed in $13M Tussle

HyperLiquid ended the dispute by delisting JELLY and forcibly closing all positions.

Jelly (GirlWithRedHat/Unsplash)

Finance

LatAm Exchange TruBit Taps Crypto Lending Platform Morpho for DeFi Earn Offering

A better user experience can be created by having fintech at the front and DeFi at the back, also known as a “DeFi mullet.”


Finance

German Regulator Identifies 'Deficiencies' in Ethena's USDe, Orders Immediate Issuance Halt

Ethena's ENA token is down by 6.5% in the past 24 hours.

(nitpicker/Shutterstock)

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How Ether.fi's Mike Silagadze Retained TVL as Restaking Lost Its Luster

Ether.fi, the market leader, has 2.6 million ETH staked on its platform and has plans to become a neobank.

Mike Silagadze (Consensus Hong Kong)