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

How $330M BTC Hacker May Have Doubled Down on Monero Derivatives

Monero rose by 45% after a flurry of spot buys, but open interest increased by 107%.

Hacker working on two laptops (Azamat E/Unsplash)

Finance

A Vanishing $212M Bitcoin Order Caused Chaos for Traders. Is Spoofing Back in Crypto?

Despite increased scrutiny, spoofing remains a challenge in crypto, highlighting the need for better surveillance and stricter regulations.

(Getty Images)

Markets

BONK Bets Gain Favor as New Token Issuance Platform Nets $800K in 3 Days

“I expect the platform's success to surprise many,” well-followed X user @theunipcs “Bonk Guy” told CoinDesk in a Telegram message.

Bonk developers say they want to showcase Solana's capabilities. And that's worked so far. (Bonk Inu)

Finance

SIGN Rises 60% on Upbit Listing Despite Slow Start on Binance

SIGN's rise is similar to FIL which also rose on an Upbit listing this month.

FastNews (CoinDesk)

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Markets

BlackRock’s IBIT Sees Second-Largest Bitcoin Inflow Since Launch, Nearing $1 Billion

CME Bitcoin Futures open interest falls for four straight days, according to CME data.

BlackRock headquarters (Shutterstock)

Markets

Coinbase Targeting 4%-8% Returns With New Bitcoin Yield Fund

The Coinbase Bitcoin Yield Fund opens for business on May 1 and promises returns initially from basis trading, with lending and options strategies to be used in the future, according to launch partner Aspen Digital.

Coinbase (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

Finance

TON Foundation Appoints MoonPay Co-Founder, Maximilian Crown, as CEO

The appointment follows Manuel Stotz becoming the president of the foundation's board.

Telegram app

Finance

Ether.fi Pivots to Become Neobank, Rolls Out Cash Cards in U.S.

The suite of apps will allow users to spend, save and earn crypto.

Four mobile phones showing different screens from the Ether.fi app. (Ether.fi)

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Markets

Floki Teams With Softbank Partner Rice Robotics for Tokenization of AI Data

RICE AI is a robotics brand with high-profile clients such as Nvidia, Softbank, Dubai Future Foundation, Mitsui Fudosan, NTT Japan, and 7-Eleven.

A Rice Robotics minibot (Rice Robotics)

Finance

What Is TAO, the Bittensor Token Causing Friction Between Barry Silbert and Bitcoiners?

TAO has a 21 million fixed token supply and goes through block reward halvings, like BTC.

 Yuma founder and CEO Barry Silbert (DCG)