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

Scroll's Token Declines 32% as Whales Scoop Up Airdrop

TVL on the Scroll network has dropped by 24% in the past week.

Scroll SCR token distribution (Scroll)

Finance

Metaplanet Raises $66M Through Stocks Acquisition Rights Program

Metaplanet completes its 11th series of stock acquisition rights, with Evo Fund securing a 14.9% ownership stake after exercising its stock acquisition rights.

Tokyo, Japan (Ryo Yoshitake/Unsplash)

Tech

Scroll's SCR Token Debuts at $212M Market Cap in Volatile Trading Session

Scroll users vented their frustration at SCR token allocation last week.

Scroll co-founder Sandy Peng (Bradley Keoun)

Markets

More Than Arbitrage: $2.5B Inflow in Spot BTC ETFs Features Bullish Directional Bets

Institutions seem to be moving away from traditional cash and carry arbitrage to pure directional plays, according to observers.

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Finance

What to Expect Over the Coming Week in Crypto: Scroll Enters the Frame

Scroll's token launch has been met with eager anticipation from some and disappointment from others who have lamented the token allocation.

Scroll co-founder Sandy Peng (Bradley Keoun)

Markets

Donald Trump-Supported World Liberty Financial Raises Just 4% of Token Sale Target on First Day

Just over 792.36 million tokens of a 20 billion target have been sold since its hushed started at 12:40 UTC on Tuesday, raising nearly $11 million for the project.

Donald Trump at Bitcoin 2024 in Nashville (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

Trump-Touted Crypto Website Crashes as Token Sale Goes Live, With Just 1.7% of Target Sold

A blockchain wallet connected to the token holds nearly $4 million worth of ether (ETH), $1.2 million of tether (USDT) and around $250,000 USD Coin (USDC) tokens.

Screen grab from Trump's teaser of the new World Liberty Financial crypto company (Rug Radio, modified by CoinDesk using PhotoMosh)

Finance

Blockstream Raises $210M in Convertible Note Financing Round

The money will be used to advance adoption and development of Blockstream's layer-2 technologies, to grow the company's mining operations, and expand its bitcoin treasury.

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Markets

Liquidity and Options Pave the Way for Bitcoin ETF Market Expansion

As liquidity grows, institutional investors and options strategies could fuel the long-term expansion of the bitcoin ETF market.

Bitcoin: Futures vs Spot vs ETF Trade Volume (Checkonchain)

Markets

Trump-Backed World Liberty Financial Whitelists 100K Accredited Investors Ahead of WLFi Launch

World Liberty Financial will be a unified platform where users can borrow and lend cryptocurrencies, create liquidity pools and transact with stablecoins, Folkman and Herro added.

Screen grab from Trump's teaser of the new World Liberty Financial crypto company (Rug Radio, modified by CoinDesk using PhotoMosh)