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

Blast Hits $1.1B in Deposits More Than a Month Before It's Due to Go Live

Depositors will receive an airdrop that can be redeemed in May 2024.

Blast total value locked (DefiLlama)

Markets

Solana Leapfrogs XRP as Fifth-Largest Crypto, Spurred by Meme Coin Mania

SOL is trading at a 20-month high on the back of a bustling DeFi ecosystem and meme coin mania.

SOL/USD (CoinDesk data)

Finance

Stacks' STX Soars 27% on Positive Comments From Tim Draper

The venture capitalist believes applications built on bitcoin will perform similarly to how Microsoft applications did in the internet boom.

Venture Capitalist Tim Draper (CoinDesk TV)

Markets

Trader Turns $450 into $2M Betting on Avalanche Meme Coin Coq Inu

A pittance punted on COQ shortly after its issuance has yielded a massive return for one on-chain trader.

(Coq Inu)

Finance

OKX Wallet Users Warned to Update App to Avoid Code Vulnerability

It is unclear whether any funds have been stolen from OKX wallet users.

Hacker (Towfiqu Barbhuiya/Unsplash)

Finance

Injective's INJ Year-to-Date Gain Rises to 3,000% After Latest Jump

Artificial Intelligence hype is among the catalysts for the outsized move.

INJ/USD (TradingView)

Finance

Ledger Exploit Drained $484K, Upended DeFi; Former Staffer Linked to Malicious Code

Security firm Blockaid's CEO told CoinDesk that users are still at risk.

Hacker (Towfiqu Barbhuiya/Unsplash)

Finance

Ledger Exploit Endangers DeFi; Sushi Says 'Do Not Interact With ANY dApps'

The exploit reportedly prompts users to connect their wallets via a pop-up, triggering a token drainer.

Ledger Nano S hard wallet opened to show the screen display

Finance

HTX, Poloniex Assets Are '100% Safe' Says Justin Sun After $200M Hack

Both exchanges lost a combined total of more than $200 million in a series of hacks last month.

Consensus 2019 Justin Sun CEO TRON (CoinDesk)

Finance

Celestia, Blockchain Data Solution, Sees TIA Token Surge as Polygon Plan Announced

The price started rising, on speculation, even before Tuesday's announcement that Polygon would allow users of its blockchain development kit to incorporate Celestia's "data availability" solution as a modular option.

TIA/USD chart (TradingView)