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

Hedera's HBAR Doubles as Market Misinterprets BlackRock's Involvement in Tokenization, Then Falls 25%

The market gave back some of its earlier gains after realizing BlackRock wasn't directly involved in the tokenization on Hedera's blockchain.

HBAR Foundation said "BlackRock fund is tokenized," Crypto Twitter heard "BlackRock has tokenized fund." (Wikimedia Commons)

Policy

Tether Will Freeze Wallets Evading Venezuelan Sanctions

Use of Tether has increased in Venezuela after the U.S. reimposed sanctions on oil exports.

Tether 's logo painted on a wooden background.

Markets

Bitcoin Miner Hut 8’s Post-Merger Prospects Look Good: Benchmark

The broker initiated coverage of the stock with a buy rating and $12 price target.

A Hut 8 mining facility (hut8.io)

Finance

ZKasino Users Plead for Refunds as $33M of Bridged Ether Sent to Lido

Depositors were originally told that bridged ether would be returned once the bridging phase was over.

ZKasino sents $33M to Lido (Carl Raw/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Rally Holds Around $63,700 Following 4th Block Reward Halving

Bitcoin had slumped to as low as $59,685 on Friday morning, then rebounded heading into the event.

BTC chart (CoinDesk data)

Finance

USDe Holders Should Monitor Ethena's Reserve Fund to Avoid Risk, CryptoQuant Warns

CryptoQuant also said that Ethena's keep rate should remain above 32% in the event of a bear market.

Ethena Labs' keep rate (CryptoQuant)

Markets

Bitcoin Price Recovery Lacks Whale Participation, Onchain Data Show

Blockchain analytics firm IntoTheBlock's "large holder netflow" indicator shows whales are yet to resume accumulation.

A whale is seen apparently surfacing through a mobile-phone screen

Markets

Bitcoin Cash Sends Bitcoin Traders Warning Sign About Halving

Bitcoin cash has been seen a proxy for the upcoming halving of rewards on the Bitcoin blockchain.

BCH's price chart. (CoinDesk)

Finance

Ethena Labs Divides Opinion as High Yield Stirs Memories of Terra

"A lot of things can go wrong," in Ethena's yield-generation strategy, said Folkvang CEO Mike van Rossum.

Ethena's total value locked surged 12-fold in 60 days. (DefiLlama)

Markets

Shiba Inu Joins CDSA to Battle AI-Driven Concerns Using Shibarium

Shiba Inu is the first layer 2 blockchain to join the media and entertainment association to develop blockchain technology for content security and distribution.

Shiba inu dog