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

Latest from Oliver Knight


Finance

Wolverine-Themed Meme Coins Flood Market Following RoaringKitty's Cryptic Post

The Wolverine-themed tokens are not the only ones to have been issued on pump.fun.

Wolverine (Jack O'Rourke/Unsplash)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Rain Hit by $14.8M Exploit: ZachXBT

The hack occurred on April 29, ZachXBT said.

(Azamat E/Unsplash)

Markets

Solana Meme Coins, GameStop Stock Rocket as 'Roaring Kitty' Returns on X

In addition to common stocks, opportunistic crypto developers issued scores of meme coins on various blockchains to capitalize on the hype.

GameStop sign on GameStop at 6th Avenue on March 23, 2021 in New York. (John Smith/VIEWpress)

Tech

ETH Reverts to Inflationary Asset Following Fee-Reducing Dencun Upgrade

Transaction fees are four times lower on average following the recent Dencun upgrade.

(Jp Valery/Unsplash)

Finance

Ledn First-Quarter Loans Top Record $690M as Lending Market Snaps Back

The majority of loans were issued to institutional market makers following U.S. approval of spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds.

Ledn co-founders Mauricio Di Bartolomeo (left) and Adam Reeds (Ledn)

Finance

Poloniex Hacker Sends $3.3M Worth of Ether to Tornado Cash

The hacked funds had previously been dormant for 178 days.

Hacker (Towfiqu Barbhuiya/Unsplash)

Finance

Exploiter Steals $68M Worth of Crypto Through Address Poisoning

The victim was duped by a mimicked 0.05 ether transfer.

(Kevin Ku/Unsplash)

Markets

Kraken's Indices Provider Anticipates $1B AUM in Hong Kong ETFs by 2024 End: Bloomberg

CEO Sui Chung sees South Korea and Israel as the next markets to list crypto ETFs.

Hong Kong (Ruslan Bardash / Unsplash)

Finance

LayerZero Takes Snapshot as Airdrop Draws Closer

The interoperability protocol indicated that there will be a series of airdrops.

LayerZero co-founders CTO Ryan Zarick and CEO Bryan Pellegrino (Chung Chow, BIV)

Markets

Liquid Restaking Protocol Renzo Airdrops REZ Token, Debuts at $289M Market Cap

The token has $75 million in trading volume in the hour after claims went live.

Coins dropping / Getty Images