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

Solo Bitcoin Miner Wins Big After Securing an Entire Block Reward

The emergence of new mining rigs may have created an opportune environment for solo miners, according to CryptoQuant.

ASIC Miners (Sandali Handagama/CoinDesk)

Finance

Restaking Protocol Ether.fi Selects Scroll as Layer-2 Network for Settlement

Scroll will be used to settle transactions on Ether.fi's Cash card.

Ether.Fi CEO Mike Silagadze (CoinDesk, modified using PhotoMosh)

Finance

EigenLayer to Distribute 86M Tokens to Stakers, Node Operators

The tokens equate to around 5% of EIGEN's total supply.

Pyth issues token airdrop (ian dooley/Unsplash)

Finance

The Crypto Bull Market Has Created 88K New Millionaires in 2024: Henley Global

Five of the six new billionaires became so through bitcoin investments.

Woman with falling dollars.  (BuenaVistaImages/Gettyimages)

Finance

MakerDAO to Offer Optional MKR Conversions for New Governance Token

MakerDAO hopes the new governance token will increase governance participation.

MakerDAO co-founder Rune Christensen (Trevor Jones)

Markets

Bitcoin, Ether Held in BlackRock ETFs Cross Those of Grayscale’s for the First Time

Recent flows show GBTC experiencing outflows, while BlackRock's ETHA saw inflows, contributing to this shift.

(engin akyurt/Unsplash)

Markets

Record Drop in Ethereum Gas Fees Marks Historically Bullish Signal For ETH, Analyst Says

The fees represent a more than 95% drop from the 83.1 gwei levels in March, when the network saw a spike in activity.

Sign saying fee area ahead on a background of desert shrubland

Finance

Justin Sun Bets on Memecoins With Tron-Based Token Generator

Memecoins have become a key component of the recent crypto bull market.

Consensus 2019 Justin Sun CEO TRON (CoinDesk)

Markets

Crypto Wallet Holding $2B Mt. Gox Bitcoin Sends Test Transaction as Distribution Continues: Arkham

Some users in the Mt. Gox creditors channel on Reddit reported receiving funds on their BitGo accounts.

Mt. Gox Creditor Kolin Burges confronts Former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles (CoinDesk)

Markets

Ether ICO Whale Moves 5K ETH to Exchanges, Bringing Monthly Total to $154M

The whale has deposited 48,500 ETH, worth over $154 million, to OKX at an average price of $3,176 in the past 35 days.

(David Mark/Pixabay)