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

Bybit Loses $1.5B in Hack but Can Cover Loss, CEO Confirms

A portion of staked ether is currently being liquidated on decentralized exchanges.

Bybit CEO Ben Zhou (Danny Nelson/ CoinDesk)

Finance

Base DEX SynFutures Rolls Out AI Trading Agent

The final phase will allow users to deploy an AI agent to create and manage other agents.

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Finance

Pi Network's Token Debuts at $195B Value Despite Minimal Liquidity

There are definite liquidity concerns as 2% market depth on OKX fails to reach $100,000..

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Finance

Crypto Custody Firms BitGo and Copper Deliver Off-Exchange Settlement for Deribit

Clients of BitGo and Copper can now trade spot and derivatives on Deribit while assets are secured off-exchange.

Brett Reeves, head of BitGo’s Go Network (BitGo)

Policy

Nigeria Sues Binance for $81.5 Billion in Economic Losses, Back Taxes: Report

The Federal Inland Revenue Service is looking for $79.5 billion for economic losses and $2 billion plus interest in back taxes.

Nigerian flag (Emmanuel Ikwuegbu/Unsplash)

Finance

Donald Trump Shares CoinDesk's XRP Article on Truth Social, Spurring Bullish Sentiment

Trading volume for XRP is up by 26% to $5.5 billion in the past 24 hours.

Bitcoin price could be tied to the outcome of the U.S. election, Jefferies said. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

NFT Collector Buys Digital Art for $3M, Largest Sale in 3 Years

The NFT market has failed to reach the dizzying heights of 2022, but maybe it doesn't need to.

Digital artwork sells for $3 million (Debby Hudson/Unsplash)