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.

Oliver Knight

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Finance

Defi Hacks Remain a Major Threat Despite 50% Decline in 2023: Halborn

The report warns that protocols should improve security by using multi-sig wallets and vetting counterparty code.

Crypto companies hit by newsletter breach (Mika Baumeister/Unsplash)

Finance

Canto Blockchain Suffers Two-Day Outage Amid Consensus Issue

The Canto team said a fix will be deployed on Monday at 12:00 UTC.

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Finance

Wallet Linked to Nomad Bridge Hack Transfers $36M of Ether to Tornado Cash

The address was funded on Monday, three days before the transfers were made.

Bridge (Charlie Green/Unsplash)

Markets

Wallets Tied to $4B PlusToken China Ponzi Move 2.8K Ether

In November 2020, Chinese authorities seized almost $4 billion worth of various tokens.

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Finance

Synthetix Founder Donated Funds to Beleaguered Ex-Treasurer: EmberCN

The former treasurer was liquidated during the weekend's crypto market plunge.

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Finance

Blockchain Protocol Nexera Suffers $1.8M Exploit, NXRA Tumbles 40%

The hacker is linked to a string of recent exploits.

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Finance

Defi Giant Aave Rakes in $6M in Revenue as Crypto Market Plunges

Aave shows defiance during the sell-off by profiting off user liquidations.

Money (Alexander Mils/Unsplash)

Markets

Crypto Stocks Slump as Bitcoin, Ether Tumble

Coinbase, MicroStrategy and miners fell as equity markets declined worldwide.

Crypto market's crash sent shares of related companies tumbling. (Unsplash)

Finance

EigenLayer Outflows of $2.3B Signal Restaking Sector Slide

The yield offered by restaking is dwarfed by the likes of yield-generating platform Ethena.

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Finance

Dakota Emerges From Stealth to Provide Bank-Like Services to Crypto Depositors

The crypto-native company, which says it is attempting to right the wrongs of centralized lenders like Celsius, emerged from stealth on Wednesday.

Screenshot of Dakota's bank account dashboard