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

Bitcoin, ether extend declines as leverage unwind accelerates: Crypto Markets Today

Crypto markets fell further overnight as bitcoin and ether extended losses, metals tumbled and liquidation pressure hit leveraged traders across derivatives markets.

Digitally altered photo of a dollar bill (Ryan Quintal/Unsplash, Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

U.S. dollar strength and volatility surge as markets nervously await U.S. open

While Fed chair speculation drives uncertainty across equities, rates, and crypto.

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Finance

Vitalik Buterin to spend $43 million on Ethereum development

Ethereum’s co-founder said the $43 million withdrawal will support a broader “full-stack openness and verifiability” vision as the foundation tightens spending.

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Markets

Altcoins jump as dollar slides, bitcoin holds steady: Crypto Markets Today

The Dollar Index hit a four-year low, while altcoins surged led by HYPE, JTO and Solana memecoin PIPPIN.

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Bitcoin to silver ratio nears levels last seen during the FTX capitulation

Volatility, historical timing, and relative value signals raise questions around a potential blow off top for silver.

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Bitcoin, ether stall as metals steal spotlight in low-liquidity trade: Crypto Markets Today

Bitcoin and ether traded little changed on weak liquidity as gold and silver rallied, highlighting a risk-off rotation that’s also lifting niche crypto tokens.

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Markets

Bitcoin hash rate slides during U.S. winter storm while markets shrug off mining disruption

The temporary loss of mining power underscores academic concerns that geographic and pool concentration can magnify infrastructure failures, though markets showed little immediate reaction.

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Markets

Bitcoin risks fourth straight monthly loss, a streak not seen since 2018

A rare streak of four consecutive declines collides with January options expiry that could influence short term price action.

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Bitcoin rises from one-month low while derivatives flash near-term stress: Crypto Markets Today

Bitcoin bounced off $86,000 alongside the CME futures open, but broader price action still points to a grinding downtrend as risk-off sentiment lifts precious metals.

Bitcoin (TheDigitalArtist/Pixabay, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Binance’s Changpeng Zhao says bitcoin will ‘break’ the four-year cycle this year

In an interview with CNBC, Binance’s CZ spoke of bitcoin’s four year cycles and the potential for a BTC all-time high this year due to a greater acceptance of crypto worldwide.

Changpeng "CZ" Zhao (Nikhilesh De/Modified by CoinDesk)