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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Policy

Kalshi co-founder fights back against Arizona’s ‘overstep’ in what a lawyer calls a federal-state turf war

Arizona has filed 20 criminal counts against Kalshi, a prediction market platform, accusing it of operating an illegal gambling business and offering election wagering in the state.

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Markets

Traders can now bet on the S&P 500 around the clock without ever touching a traditional stock exchange

S&P Dow Jones Indices licenses its flagship index for crypto trading on Hyperliquid, as perpetual futures gain traction beyond traditional markets.

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Markets

Bitcoin’s rally runs into 'sell the news' risk ahead of Fed decision

Two Prime data shows post-meeting weakness dominates, even as markets price a Fed hold and limited rate cuts ahead.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell  (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Markets

Bitcoin holds steady at $74,000 as traders turn cautious before Fed meeting

BTC consolidated with subdued volatility, while derivatives positioning and macro uncertainty signaled cautious market sentiment.

U.S. Federal Reserve headquarters (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Markets

Cango is selling off its bitcoin stash to pay down debt and fund an AI makeover

The company sold 4,451 BTC in February to cut debt and fund AI infrastructure pivot.

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Markets

Bitcoin consolidation seen with BTC remaining 'overbought' after pullback

Crypto markets cooled after Monday's rally, with bitcoin eyeing support near $72,000–$74,000 even as derivatives positioning remains broadly bullish and altcoins see deeper profit-taking.

Multiple charts and screens (TheDigitalArtist/Pixabay)

Markets

Altcoins jump as bitcoin inches toward potential $74,000 breakout

The bitcoin price is approaching a key technical level while PEPE and other memecoins jump more than 10% in a sign of rising appetite for risk.

Pepe the Frog (PepeCoin's Twitter account)

Markets

A huge gap between network use and token value is the most important thing happening in XRP right now

Daily payments on XRPL surged to 2.7 million, AMM pools exploded to 27,000, and tokenized asset value jumped 35% in 30 days. XRP is down 26% this year.

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Markets

One mysterious investor made $2.5 million profit in hours by betting big on the latest Trump gala news

A dormant crypto whale just bet $7 million on the Trump memecoin after a new Mar-a-Lago gala was announced, sparking a 60% rally for the struggling token.

U.S. President Donald Trump (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin outperforms stocks, tops $72,000 even as dollar strengthens

BTC climbed 2% to break through $72,000 while U.S. equity futures slipped and the dollar strengthened, as altcoins and AI tokens joined a broader crypto rally.

A matador faces a bull