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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Tech

Cardano hands core development to outside teams in decentralization push

Input Output will transfer control of the Haskell node, Plutus, Hydra and other components as founder Charles Hoskinson says the network must change and start growing again.

Charles Hoskinson during Consensus Hong Kong 2026

Finance

Inside Robinhood’s high-stakes bet to onboard millions of casual users onto decentralized finance

The company says its advantage lies in bringing retail customers onchain, but early activity remains dominated by memecoins, while its original tokenization vision remains small.

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev. (Getty Images)

Markets

Risk-off wave drags bitcoin below $63,000 as AI selloff spreads from stocks to crypto

Crypto fell as AI stock fatigue and U.S.-Iran tensions weighed on sentiment, though a technical measure hints at oversold conditions heading into the weekend.

Bitcoin price (CoinDesk data)

Markets

Bitcoin pulls back to $64,000 after hitting monthly high as bears take control

Profit-taking after bitcoin hit a $65,500 monthly high combined with fresh Iranian strikes on U.S. bases sent crypto lower, with bears leading price action across most tokens.

Bitcoin price (CoinDesk data

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Finance

Tether invests $20 million in Argentine neobank Ualá as it expands Latin America push

Ualá’s CEO clarified Tether is acting solely as a financial investor, citing current regional regulations preventing any immediate USDT integration.

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finance

Ostium suffers $18 million exploit as oracle attack wave continues to hit DeFi

A hacker used Ostium's own price-reporting infrastructure against the protocol, submitting falsified future-dated oracle data to manufacture fake trading profits and trigger an $18 million payout.

A hooded figure sits typing on a laptop in a darkened (Pixabay)

Finance

The launchpad that fueled Robinhood Chain's memecoin boom just gave away all its revenue

Noxa, the launchpad behind CASHCAT's rise, racked up nearly $12 million in fees before going dark, giving away its revenue, and leaving Robinhood Chain's memecoin economy in freefall.

A space shuttle takes off on the back of a rocket. (WikiImages/Pixabay)

Markets

Strategy feels 'very secure' until bitcoin reaches $8,000-$10,000, says CEO

Le highlighted increasing the U.S.-dollar reserve as an important lever in preferred stock STRC’s recovery back to around $90 having fallen below $75 last month.

Strategy CEO Phong Le (Strategy)

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Markets

Crypto steadies as Middle East tensions counter U.S. inflation report boost

Bitcoin held steady at a three-week high as rising tensions between the U.S. and Iran reined in gains from Tuesday's softer-than-expected inflation numbers.

Bitcoin price (CoinDesk Data)

Finance

Prediction markets just crushed traditional sportsbooks in a massive $50 billion World Cup breakout

Prediction markets just topped $50 billion in monthly volume, capping off the first month of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

(Fauzan Saari/Unsplash)