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

Ether Sees Record Short Build up as Hedge Funds Pile on Basis Trade

Traders can capture an annualized yield of up to 9.5% by shorting ETH on the CME exchange.

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Defi Tokens Are Soaring, Leaving Behind OG Coins Like LTC, BCH and XMR

As bitcoin reaches a record high, tokens associated with DeFi and layer-2 networks are outperforming.

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Filecoin Gains as Much as 9% as the Token Breaks Out on High Volume

The rally in FIL came as crypto markets surged higher with the Coindesk CD20 index rising 7%.

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GMX Exploiter Return $40M Days After Hack, Token Zooms Higher

Attackers earlier this week exploited a re-entrancy flaw in the OrderBook contract, allowing the attacker to manipulate short positions on BTC, inflate GLP’s valuation, and redeem it for outsized profits.

Hacker working on two laptops (Azamat E/Unsplash)

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Bitcoin Hits New All-Time High at $116k, Nearly $1B Shorts Get Liquidated: Markets Liveblog

Analysts and longtime industry participants weigh in on how this week's bitcoin price action resembles — or differs from — past bull runs.

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Markets

NEAR Protocol Gains 5% Amid Surge in Trading Volume

The move comes as bitcoin formed a new record high of $112,000.

NEAR/USD (CoinDesk Data)

Finance

ATOM Consolidates After Strong Rally, Testing Key Resistance

The move comes as bitcoin formed a new record high above $112,000 on Thursday.

ATOM/USD (CoinDesk Data)

Finance

Cardano Foundation Increased Spending on Core Areas by 15% Last Year

Spending on adoption, operational resilience and education rose to $22.1 million.

Frederik Gregaard (Cardano Foundation)

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NEAR Surges 5% Despite Volatile Trading as Grayscale Adds Token

Token demonstrates resilience with strong volume-supported recovery amid institutional backing and market volatility.

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Finance

Is There a Future for DAOs?

Two major decentralized autonomous organizations ceased to exist last month, raising existential questions about the DAO model of governance.

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