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

Ethena Labs Divides Opinion as High Yield Stirs Memories of Terra

"A lot of things can go wrong," in Ethena's yield-generation strategy, said Folkvang CEO Mike van Rossum.

Ethena's total value locked surged 12-fold in 60 days. (DefiLlama)

Markets

Shiba Inu Joins CDSA to Battle AI-Driven Concerns Using Shibarium

Shiba Inu is the first layer 2 blockchain to join the media and entertainment association to develop blockchain technology for content security and distribution.

Shiba inu dog

Finance

Half of Solana Pre-Sales Are Scams, Blockaid Says

Around $100 million was sent to token pre-sales over the course of a weekend last month.

Pre-sale token scams on the rise (Blockaid)

Markets

Bitcoin Supply Inactive for a Year Slides to 18-Month Low of 65.8%

The decline likely represents profit-taking by investors who held coins for one year and over and marks a shift from the holding strategy seen through 2023.

Bitcoin supply last active 1+ years ago. (Glassnode)

Finance

ENA Rises 15% as Ethena Labs Increases Staking Rewards

The initial lock cap has been set at $200 million and will be adjusted to increase over time.

(Autumn_ schroe/Unsplash)

Finance

Binance Stops Support for Bitcoin NFTs Citing 'Streamlining' of Offered Products

Users have been prompted to withdraw Bitcoin NFTs from Binance by May 18.

(Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finance

Cathie Wood Attributes Bitcoin's Rise to National Currency Devaluations

Wood called bitcoin an "insurance policy against rogue regimes and horrible fiscal and monetary policies."

Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood

Finance

Crypto Exchange Bitget's Wallet Team Joins Meme Coin Hype, Issues Token That Rises 14,000%

The token's rise comes alongside a wave of trading volume.

MOEW chart (TradingView)

Finance

Wormhole Debuts at $3B Valuation in 617M Token Airdrop

Based on the debut price, the project's W token has a fully diluted value of $16.5 billion.

Pyth issues token airdrop (ian dooley/Unsplash)

Finance

Layer-1 Blockchain WAX Signs Deal With Amazon Web Services

The deal will allow developers to deploy nodes on WAX using the AWS console.

Worldwide Asset Exchange signs deal with AWS (Sean Do/Unsplash)