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Oliver Knight

Oliver Knight

Oliver Knight joined CoinDesk as a news reporter in April 2022. Before joining CoinDesk, Knight was the Chief Reporter at Coin Rivet for three years. Having graduated with a journalism degree from Birmingham City University, Knight went on to work at various sports publications before diving into the world of Bitcoin in 2014. He does not have any crypto holdings.

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Bitcoin
Bitcoin Hit a Record High. Here's What Might Happen Next
More than $84 million of derivatives have been liquidated in the past four hours, mostly long positions.
Bitcoin price (CoinDesk data)
By Oliver Knight
Mar 5, 2024 at 4:08 p.m. UTC
Mar 5, 2024
BitcoinMarketsETF
OrdiZK appears to have suffered a rug pull. (Clint Patterson/Unsplash)
Finance
Ordinals
Bitcoin Bridge OrdiZK Suffers Apparent $1.4M Rug Pull, Token Crashes to Zero: CertiK
The OrdiZK website and social media accounts are also offline.
OrdiZK appears to have suffered a rug pull. (Clint Patterson/Unsplash)
By Oliver Knight
Mar 5, 2024 at 3:18 p.m. UTC
Mar 5, 2024
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Dogwifhat (Dogwifhat)
Finance
Memecoin
WIF Rebounds on Binance Listing Plan as Other Meme Coins Run Out of Steam
Dogwifhat jumped by more than 25% after the crypto exchange said it will list the token.
Dogwifhat (Dogwifhat)
By Oliver Knight
Mar 5, 2024 at 12:07 p.m. UTC
Mar 5, 2024
MemecoinSolanaBinanceListing
Omni Network signs $600 million deal with Ether.Fi (Blogging guide/Unsplash)
Finance
Ethereum
Omni Network Signs $600M Restaking Deal With Ether.Fi to Enhance Security
Both Omni and Ether.Fi have committed to EigenLayer's pooled security model.
Omni Network signs $600 million deal with Ether.Fi (Blogging guide/Unsplash)
By Oliver Knight
Mar 4, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Mar 4, 2024
EthereumRestakingDerivativesStakingEigenLayer
Blast TVL (DefiLlama)
Finance
Blast
Blast, Hyped Layer-2 Chain, Sees Most Deposits Bridge to Yield Manager
The controversial layer-2 network had taken $2.3 billion in deposits since November as it prepared for launch. What remains is now down to about $350 million, but many of the...
Blast TVL (DefiLlama)
By Oliver Knight
Mar 1, 2024 at 2:17 p.m. UTC
Mar 1, 2024
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Funding (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay)
Finance
Iota
IOTA's Ecosystem Foundation Commits $10M for Tokenization, Trade Startups
The investment will focus on startups in the UAE and Africa.
Funding (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay)
By Oliver Knight
Feb 29, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Feb 29, 2024
IOTAIOTA FoundationinvestmentExclusive
ether.fi raises $23 million (Giorgio Trovato/Unsplash)
Finance
Ether
Liquid Restaking Protocol Ether.Fi Raises $23M Series A
The total amount of capital on ether.fi has jumped from $103 million to $1.66 billion since the turn of the year.
ether.fi raises $23 million (Giorgio Trovato/Unsplash)
By Oliver Knight
Feb 28, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. UTC
Feb 28, 2024
EtherEthereumRestakingEigenLayer
AERO token rises 77% (TradingView)
Markets
Base
Liquidity Protocol's Token AERO Surges 77% After CB Ventures Invests in Aerodrome Finance
Aerodrome Finance is the largest protocol on Base with more than 30% of a market share.
AERO token rises 77% (TradingView)
By Oliver Knight
Feb 27, 2024 at 1:06 p.m. UTC
Feb 27, 2024
BaseCoinbaseinvestment
Tornado Cash website and Discord taken offline (Nikolas Noonan/Unsplash)
Finance
Tornado cash
Tornado Cash Reportedly Suffers Backend Exploit, User Deposits at Risk
The exploit has the function to steal deposit data and deposited funds.
Tornado Cash website and Discord taken offline (Nikolas Noonan/Unsplash)
By Oliver Knight
Feb 26, 2024 at 3:08 p.m. UTC
Feb 26, 2024
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Uniswap price (CoinDesk data)
Markets
Uniswap
Early Uniswap Whale Sold $1M Worth of UNI as Price Surged
The wallet in question still holds $10.6 million worth of UNI tokens.
Uniswap price (CoinDesk data)
By Oliver Knight
Feb 26, 2024 at 3:06 p.m. UTC
Feb 26, 2024
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