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Oliver Knight

News Reporter

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

Aave Holders Vote on Proposal for DeFi Protocol to Convert 1,600 Ether Into wstETH and rETH

The Aave token has risen by 7.24% in the past 24 hours.

Jul 5, 2023

(Arnaud Jaegers/Unsplash)

Finance

Citigroup Reviews Partnership With Metaco, in Talks With Other Crypto Custodians: Bloomberg

Citigroup has started discussions with other crypto custody partners, according to the report.

Jun 30, 2023

Crypto market to stay highly correlated to stocks, Citi says. (Miquel Parera/Unsplash)

Finance

Coinbase's Base Prepares for Mainnet Launch With Slew of Security Audits

Base has engaged with over 100 external security researchers to test its forthcoming layer 2 blockchain.

Jun 29, 2023

Base completes security audits

Finance

Developer Six Clovers Rolls Out Cross-Border Crypto Payments on Sui

The Versal Network will allow companies to transact in stablecoins and central bank digital currencies.

Jun 29, 2023

Payments network built on Sui (Steve Johnson/Unsplash)

Finance

COMP Token Rises by 50% in 4 Days Amid Flurry of Whale Activity on Binance

One wallet deposited $3.5 million worth of USDT and withdrew $7.76 million in Compound's COMP tokens this week.

Jun 29, 2023

COMP/USD chart on Binance (TradingView)

Policy

Binance Crypto Custody License Application Denied by German Regulator BaFin: Report

The firm told CoinDesk that it is continuing to comply with BaFin requirements in "a detailed and ongoing process."

Jun 29, 2023

Changpeng Zhao, CEO of Binance, at Consensus Singapore 2018 (CoinDesk)

Markets

MicroStrategy's Bitcoin Purchases Tend to Be Short-Term Negative for Prices, Research Shows

Past data shows bitcoin tends to drop 2% on the day MSTR announces new purchases.

Jun 28, 2023

BTC/USD chart (TradingView)

Finance

Horizen Scraps Privacy Coin Moniker Amid Regulatory Scrutiny

Horizen says it's now simply a layer 0 blockchain after deprecating the shielded pools on its main chain.

Jun 28, 2023

"Zen will no longer be considered a privacy coin." (Nghia Do Thanh/Unsplash)

Markets

Whale Drives Ether-Bitcoin Volatility Spread Lower Ahead of Options Expiry

The spread has flipped negative with consistent institutional selling of ether calls. Some of these positions could be rolled over ahead of Friday's expiry, leading to captivating shifts in volatility, crypto exchange Deribit said.

Jun 27, 2023

(Wance Paleri/Unsplash)

Finance

Blur, Arbitrum Lead Altcoin Surge as Traders Anticipate Bull Run

Trading volume for Blur has increased by 1,240% in the past 24-hours after it was listed on Upbit.

Jun 27, 2023

(Mar Cerdeira/Unsplash)
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