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

Singapore High Court Recognizes Three Arrows Capital Liquidation Order

The decision will provide Three Arrow's liquidator, Teneo, the ability to probe assets held in Singapore.

Su Zhu of Three Arrows (CoinDesk)

Finance

Metaverse Avatar Creator Ready Player Me Raises $56M in Series B led by a16z

The funding round included participation from the co-founders of Twitch and Roblox.

Ready Player Me raised $56 million in a Series B led by a16z. (Ready Player Me)

Finance

Andreessen Horowitz Says Crypto Can Shift Power Away From Big Internet Companies: Report

Months after it established a $4.5 billion crypto fund, the venture capital firm also said it sees the crypto market slump as an investment opportunity.

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Finance

Bitcoin Website Editor Hodlonaut Receives Almost $1M in BTC as Craig Wright Case Looms

Hodlonaut, who is set to appear in a Norwegian court next month, has already raised 52.679 bitcoin and $30,000 in donations.

La corte del Reino Unido permite demandar a través de NFTs. (Sasun Bughdaryan/ Unsplash)

Finance

Wall Street Giant DTCC Launches Private Blockchain in Big Crypto-Milestone for TradFi

Project Ion is now processing an average of over 100,000 equity transactions a day using distributed ledger technology.

(Sophie Backes, Unsplash)

Finance

HUSD Stablecoin Returns to $1 Peg After Liquidity Problems

The HUSD team explained that the de-peg was caused by a market maker account that was closed, causing liquidity issues.

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Finance

New Auditor for Stablecoin Issuer Tether Confirms Slashing of Commercial Paper Holdings

BDO Italia said the holdings fell 58% to $8.5 billion at the end of the most recent quarter.

Tether Chief Technology Officer Paolo Ardoino.  (Twitter/Bitfinex, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Stocks Retreat on Bitcoin's Dip as Macroeconomic Concerns Linger

Cryptocurrency mining equities were among the worst-hit in Friday's trading session.

(Sophie Backes, Unsplash)

Markets

Cash-Backed HUSD Stablecoin Loses Peg, Drops to 92 Cents

The stablecoin is trading as low as 89 cents against USDC on Curve Finance.

HUSD has dropped below its 1:1 peg to the U.S. dollar. (Josh Appel/Unsplash)

Finance

Crypto Lender Nexo Sues Former Director Over $7.9M Trading Loss: Report

Nexo was locked out of a BitMEX account connected to its former director, resulting in $7.9 million in losses.

Antoni Trenchev Co-Founder Nexo (Shutterstock/Coindesk)