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

HTX, Poloniex Assets Are '100% Safe' Says Justin Sun After $200M Hack

Both exchanges lost a combined total of more than $200 million in a series of hacks last month.

Consensus 2019 Justin Sun CEO TRON (CoinDesk)

Finance

Celestia, Blockchain Data Solution, Sees TIA Token Surge as Polygon Plan Announced

The price started rising, on speculation, even before Tuesday's announcement that Polygon would allow users of its blockchain development kit to incorporate Celestia's "data availability" solution as a modular option.

TIA/USD chart (TradingView)

Finance

Tether Freezes 41 Crypto Wallets Tied to Sanctions

Several of the frozen wallets had been using Tornado Cash over the past six months.

(Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Markets

BitTorrent's BTT Token Doubles in Value as Tron, on Which It's Issued, Hits 200M Users

The token is now approaching a $1 billion market cap.

BTT/USD chart (TradingView)

Finance

Crypto Lending Firm Ledn Offers Low-Risk Custodied Loans

It’s the first time this type of loan, which is done through a centralized entity that can offer 24-hour disbursements, is being offered outside the U.S., according to Ledn co-founder Mauricio Di Bartolomeo.

Ledn co-founders Mauricio Di Bartolomeo (left) and Adam Reeds (Ledn)

Finance

DeFi Market Rebounds to $50B as Speculators Hunt for Yield

An uptick across Solana-based protocols coupled with more than $700 million in deposits to Blast has fueled growth of the value locked in decentralized finance.

DeFi TVL and volume (DefiLlama)

Markets

TRX Trades at Premium on Poloniex as Arbitrage Lures Risk Takers

Bitcoin, ether and tether withdrawals will open on Poloniex in the coming weeks.

Arbitrage trade opens up on TX (Alexander Grey/Unsplash)

Finance

Standard Chartered-Backed Zodia Custody Joins Ripple-Owned Metaco’s Global Crypto Storage Network

The new sub-custody network is designed to give institutions around the world easy access to safe crypto storage and settlement.

(Pixabay)

Finance

Cryptocurrency Worth $1.5M Seized From Former Ukrainian Head of State Communications

The seizure was supported by the Supreme Anti-Corruption Court in Ukraine.

Ukraine flag (Max Kukurudziak/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Rises to $38.8K for the First Time Since May 2022

Overall crypto market capitalization is at its highest level since May 2022 with nearly $400 billion added since the start of October.

Bitcoin prices bumped over $38,700. (CoinDesk)