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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Policy

Tether May Develop U.S.-Only Stablecoin Under New Regulations: FT

Paolo Ardoino said that if new rules are brought in "make stablecoins competitive, there could be an interest from Tether to create a domestic stablecoin."

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino (Tether)

Markets

Tariff Fallout Slaps Ether Bulls With Looming $100M Liquidation

ETH whales have been diligent in topping up wallets, but a flash crash could rile the market.

(AbelEscobar/Pixabay)

Markets

China Announces 34% Tariff on All U.S. Goods. Bitcoin Falls Back to $83K

China announced retaliatory tariffs on all goods, worsening risk sentiment during European hours.

FastNews (CoinDesk)

Markets

March Jobs Report a 'Heads I Win, Tails You Lose' Moment for Bitcoin Bulls

Bitcoin's price stability above March lows in the wake of Trump tariffs suggests seller fatigue.

BTC bulls are likely to come out on top irrespective of the outcome of the jobs report. (artellliii72/Pixabay)

Markets

Coinbase Institutional Is Close to Offering XRP Futures

The exchange submitted a filing to the CFTC to list XRP futures.

Coinbase app opening screen on mobile phone (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

Finance

Creators of DeFi Firm Aave Simplify Its Family Self Custody Wallet

Avara, the parent company of Aave, is allowing users of its Family Wallet to onboard with email or SMS, rather than messing around with seed phrases.

Stani Kulechov, Lens founder, at Consensus 2019 (CoinDesk archive)

Policy

BlackRock Secures UK FCA Crypto Registration

The world's biggest asset manager will be allowed to act as an arranger for iShares Digital Assets AG, who issue Exchange Traded Products.

The Financial Conduct Authority regulates the U.K. crypto market. (Shutterstock)

Markets

Ether Shows Signs of Downtrend Exhaustion as Trump's 'Liberation Day' Tariffs Loom

Ether may lead the market higher in case the looming tariffs are more measured than expected.

Ether charts signal seller fatigue. (TheDigitalArtist/Pixabay)

Finance

Crypto Investors Lost $1.67B to Hacks and Exploits in Q1: CertiK

The figure marks a 303% increase on the previous quarter.

Hacker (Towfiqu Barbhuiya/Unsplash)