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.

Oliver Knight

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Markets

Strategy Expands Bitcoin Holdings With Latest Multi-Million Dollar Purchase

Company buys additional BTC via stock offerings, bringing total holdings to record levels.

Photo of Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor standing. (Nikhilesh De)

Markets

Bitcoin's Volatile Liquidity Run Could Lead to New Record Highs

Bitcoin behaved differently on Sunday, with CME futures leading the volatile price action.

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Markets

Movement Labs and Mantra Scandal Are Shaking up Crypto Market-Making

Forced liquidations, hidden contracts, and backchannel deals are prompting a rethink in how liquidity is structured — and who gets trusted.

A man reading something shocking in the newspaper. (CoinDesk Archives)

Finance

CoinDesk Analyst Advises UK Crypto Firm to Set Up Bitcoin Treasury

Coinsilium raised £1.25 million to help establish the BTC treasury, amid record trading volume.

UK-based Coinsilium to set up bitcoin treasury (Cj/Unsplash+)

Markets

Ripple-SEC Bid for XRP Settlement Rejected by Judge Citing 'Procedural Flaws'

Judge Analisa Torres rejected the proposed $50 million settlement, saying the joint request was filed improperly and lacked required legal justification.

U.S. SEC headquarters in Washington (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Coinbase Could Pay Customers Up to $400M for Data Breach

The exchange fired staff involved in the breach on the spot and will press criminal charges.

Hacker (Towfiqu Barbhuiya/Unsplash)

Finance

Crypto Exchanges Flock to List NXPC, Token Surges 115% on $1B Volume

The NXPC token is developed by NEXPACE, the blockchain arm of South Korean video game developer Nexon.

NEXPACE game (NEXPACE)

Markets

Bitcoin May Be Headed Towards a 2021-Like Double Top

Several on-chain metrics are pointing toward waning momentum as bitcoin attempts to reach its January record just above $109,000.

Bear (mana5280/Unsplash)

Finance

Trump Family-Linked Firms Profited $320M on Memecoin Despite 87% Decline Since Day One

Data from Chainalysis show the creators of the TRUMP token made $320 million in fees while retail investors lost money.

Donald Trump speaking at the White House crypto summit. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Pump.fun Hits Back at Report That Claimed 98% of Memecoins on the Platform Are Fraudulent

Seven millions tokens have been launched in pump.fun since its inception in 2024.

(Trang Nguyen/Unsplash)