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

Retail investors drive widespread bitcoin selling as prices fall

Glassnode data shows distribution across cohorts as BTC falls below $67,000, with whales remaining largely neutral.

Accumulation Trend Score by Cohort (Glassnode)

Markets

Bitcoin drops to two-week low as $300 million in longs are liquidated

Bitcoin fell below $67,000 and ether dropped toward $2,000 as equities weakened, oil topped $100 and leveraged longs unwound, signaling fragile sentiment.

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Crypto slides as oil spike, macro jitters trigger derivatives unwind

Bitcoin dropped below $70,000 and ether fell toward $2,000 as rising oil prices, falling equities and weak liquidity sparked risk-off flows and pressured altcoins.

Bear. (Photo by Sean Benesh on Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

UK political crypto donations banned by Starmer government

The government halted crypto political donations over concerns about foreign interference, as the Rycroft review warns that anonymity risks undermine democratic transparency.

Labour Leader Keir Starmer (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

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Bitcoin nears $72,000 as rising open interest signals growing leverage in choppy market

BTC rises with equities while surging open interest and fading volatility point to leveraged positioning despite repeated rejections near $72,000.

Bitcoin price chart (TradingView)

Markets

Gold’s longest losing streak in a century meets bitcoin’s resurgence

As gold posts its worst run since 1920, bitcoin gains ground and outperforms, pushing the BTC to gold ratio 30% higher, since the Middle East conflict started.

Stacked gold bars (Scottsdale Mint/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin finds stability at 2023 investor cost basis, echoing past cycle

Onchain cost basis data suggests $60,000 is a critical support, with deeper historical support near $54,000.

Stable Stability Balance (Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin leads crypto rebound to $71,000 as $550 million in shorts liquidated

BTC climbs despite escalating Middle East tensions, outperforming gold as altcoins rally and derivatives data signals cautious but improving market sentiment.

(Sternschnuppenreiter/Pixabay)

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Bitcoin retreats to $68,000, leaving CME gap as traders eye $70,000 rebound

BTC slipped back into February's range after Donald Trump threatened to attack Iran's power plants, sparking a selloff and shifting flows toward commodities.

Bitcoin CME futures (TradingView)

Markets

Bitcoin clings to monthly gains, historic losing streak still in play

Bitcoin shows early signs of outperformance against gold, with the BTC gold ratio rebounding toward 16 ounces after a steep cycle drawdown.

Bitcoin barely clings to monthly gains. (Tyler Stableford/Getty images)