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

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.

Mining equipment (Shutterstock)

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.

XRP symbol on top of dollar bills. (Unsplash/CoinDesk)

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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

Tech

Vitalik Buterin says Ethereum should be used as a simple digital bulletin board

Ethereum’s co-founder wants developers to stop forcing blockchain into every problem and start treating it as a reliable, shared memory for the digital world.

Vitalik Buterin (CoinDesk)

Markets

Strategy’s STRC buys an estimated 7,000 bitcoin this week, but Two Prime CEO warns ‘no free lunch’

Two Prime CEO Alexander Blume says the high yield product driving the buying surge carries risks despite strong momentum.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor at the Digital Asset Summit in New York City on March 20, 2025. (Nikhilesh De)

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Markets

Bitcoin steady near $70,000 as rising open interest hints at cautious, bearish positioning

Bitcoin traded around $69,800 as open interest rose to $102 billion, suggesting defensive, bearish bets while altcoins outperformed in a risk-off macro backdrop.

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

Finance

Mining giant Foundry to introduce institutional zcash mining pool

The pool is designed for institutional and public company miners, focusing on compliance and regulated infrastructure.

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