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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Finance

Astar Network to Burn 350M ASTR, 5% of Total Supply

The tokens were originally allocated to the now sunsetted Polakdot parachain auctions.

(Jp Valery/Unsplash)

Finance

Polkadot’s $245M Treasury Would Last 2 Years at Current Spending Rate

The blockchain spent $87 million in the first six months this year, with marketing activities accounting for the majority of expenses.

The Polkadot pavilion on the Promenade at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland (Sandali Handagama/CoinDesk)

Finance

Metaplanet Buys Another $1.2M Worth of Bitcoin as Investment Strategy Progresses

The Japanese investment adviser said it acquired more than 20.2 BTC.

Tokyo, Japan (Ryo Yoshitake/Unsplash)

Finance

Julian Assange Received $500K Bitcoin Donation From Anonymous Bitcoin Whale

The Wikileaks founders' family quickly set up a site to allow bitcoin donations after a previous crowdfunding page accepted only credit cards and bank transfers.

(Alisdare Hickson/Wikimedia)

Finance

VanEck Files for Solana ETF, SOL Rises 8%

The filing is the first Solana ETF to be filed in the U.S. and follows six days after a similar product filing in Canada.

VanEck

Markets

Crypto Markets to See Selling Pressure in July From Mt. Gox Creditors: JPMorgan

If most of the liquidations by Mt. Gox creditors occur next month, crypto markets are expected to sell off in July then rebound in August, the report said.

(Shutterstock)

Markets

Blast Token Debuts at $3B Value as 17% of Supply Airdropped to Early Adopters

Blast is the second largest layer 2 network with $1.6 billion in TVL.

Pyth issues token airdrop (ian dooley/Unsplash)

Finance

Drake on Brink of $1M Bitcoin Loss as NHL and NBA Bets Sour

A series of unfortunate sports losses have left Drake very close to losing $1 million worth of bitcoin bets.

Jaylen Brown of the Boston Celtics drives around Kyrie Irving of the Dallas Mavericks during the fourth quarter in Game Two of the 2024 NBA Finals in Boston. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

Tech

DeFi Heavyweight Curve Focused on Becoming ‘Safest’ Lending Platform, Founder Says

Egorov’s $100 million in loans taken from various protocols using Curve’s CRV tokens started to automatically liquidate on Thursday, sending the token down as much as 30% before it briefly recovered.

Curve Finance's Michael Egorov (Michael Egorov, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Early Buyers of Andrew Tate’s DADDY Meme Coin Apparently Sitting on $45M in Unrealized Value

There is no evidence to show Tate sold tokens from his doxxed wallets, but some supposed “insider” buying activity before the token’s promotion on X shows too much of the token in too little hands.

Ledn's Mauricio Di Bartolomeo argues that the crypto lending industry can rebuild trust following a disastrous 2022. (Mathieu Stern/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)