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

Bitcoin Buyer Quietly Accumulates $424M of BTC in 3 Weeks

The unknown entity acquired 875 bitcoin on Wednesday alone, prompting online speculation over who the buyer might be.

(Todd Cravens/Unsplash)

Tech

Dogecoin Funded SpaceX ‘Doge-1’ Moon Mission Gets a Step Closer to Launch

Doge-1 is a cube satellite that will orbit the moon and broadcast a video feed.

DOGE-1 Mission on SpaceX is nearing a launch. (Dogecoin)

Policy

Philippines Security Regulator Warns Binance Is Operating Without a License

The regulator is also seeking to have the platform blocked in the country.

Two large stacked blocks displaying Binance's logo at a trade show.

Finance

Troubled Crypto Exchange Zipmex Proposes to Pay Creditors 3.35 Cents on the Dollar: Bloomberg

Major creditors are opposed to the restructuring plan and have requested an independent review.

Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange Zipmex said it has received an offer from an interested party with due diligence processes able to commence. (Michal Jarmoluk/Pixabay)

Markets

CME-Listed Bitcoin, Ether Futures Flash a Rare Bullish Signal

The rare signal indicates that institutions have long exposure but not via spot, one observer said.

A user tracks charts on an tablet with a keyboard and larger monitor in the background.

Finance

NFT Platform Blur's Token Jumps 22% Amid Binance Listing and Blast Optimism

A Binance listing and optimism around Blur's sister protocol, Blast, has spurred the move.

BLUR/USD chart (TradingView)

Markets

Cross Chain Swap Token FLIP More Than Doubles on First Day of Trading

The token received praise from THORChain developers.

ChainFlip jumps 150% (Alicia Quan/Unsplash)

Policy

Do Kwon’s Extradition Approved by Montenegro Court

Minister will decide if Kwon will be extradited to the U.S. or South Korea.

Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon (Terra)

Finance

Bitcoin Sender Struck With $3.1M Transaction Fee, Largest in History

Antpool mined the block and the sender's wallet was set up just minutes before the transfer.

(Sandali Handagama/CoinDesk)

Tech

Ethereum Layer 2 Blast Has Crypto Users Split on Its Impact

Blast's invite mechanism could be either the best way to add new users or a pyramid scheme, depending on whom you ask.

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