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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Bitcoin rises as oil spikes, equities drop

Bitcoin climbed during European trading hours even as U.S. equity futures, gold and silver fell, highlighting its relative resilience to oil shocks and war risks.

Map of Iran. (Tudoran Andrei/Shutterstock)

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Why bitcoin couldn't hold $70,000 despite its best week of Wall Street news in months

Institutional interest continues to grow, but a stronger dollar and shifting interest rate expectations are keeping a lid on the latest rally.

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Bitcoin buyers are cashing out fast after short-lived jump to $74,000

The sharp move higher triggered heavy profit-taking from short-term holders, data shows.

Bitcoin short-term holder P&L (CryptoQuant)

Finance

Strike secures New York BitLicense, opening bitcoin financial services to state residents

NYDFS approval allows the Bitcoin payments company to offer trading, bill pay and custody products across New York.

Jack Mallers in an interview with CoinDesk when he was CEO at Twenty One Capital

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Bitcoin extends decline from $74,000, derivatives data point to cautious positioning

BTC traded just above $70,000 as Middle East tensions drove oil higher and traders reassessed inflation in advance of the U.S. jobs report due later Friday.

Dollar bills (Credit: Vladimir Solomianyi on Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin holds above $72,000 as crypto market pauses after breakout

Bitcoin and ether edged higher as traders assessed macro risks, derivatives positioning and whether bitcoin can sustain a push toward $80,000.

Sailboat on calm seas ocean sea (Unsplash)

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Chamath Palihapitiya questions bitcoin’s role as central bank reserve asset

Billionaire Venture capitalist points to privacy and fungibility concerns, while debate grows over corporate bitcoin strategies such as Strategy’s massive holdings.

Chamath Palihapitiya (JD Lasica/Flickr Creative Commons)

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How this week's rout in Korean stocks might have triggered crypto's surge higher

Korea's tech-heavy Kospi has plunged 20% in the last two trading sessions, potentially pushing that country's fast-money chasing traders back into crypto.

Seoul, South Korea (csk/Pixabay, modified by CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin just cleared $73,000, but skeptical traders are already bracing for a 'bull trap'

Bitcoin has broken above $73,000 after weeks of consolidation, but traders remain divided over whether the move marks a genuine breakout or another trap for late buyers.

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Finance

Ex-Binance communications lead joins stablecoin specialist KAST

Brad Jaffe, the former global communications leader at Binance, becomes chief communications officer at KAST.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)