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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Finanças

Bitcoin Sender Struck With $3.1M Transaction Fee, Largest in History

Antpool mined the block and the sender's wallet was set up just minutes before the transfer.

(Sandali Handagama/CoinDesk)

Tecnologia

Ethereum Layer 2 Blast Has Crypto Users Split on Its Impact

Blast's invite mechanism could be either the best way to add new users or a pyramid scheme, depending on whom you ask.

fireworks

Política

South Korea to Pilot CBDC With 100K Citizens in 2024

The Bank of Korea sees a CBDC as a potential answer to problems with existing government-issued grant systems, such as during the COVID-19 pandemic or childcare vouchers

A scattering of 50,000 South Korean-won notes

Tecnologia

Justin Sun Confirms HTX, Heco Chain Exploited After $100M in Suspicious Transfers

HTX withdrawals and deposits have been temporarily suspended, and all losses will be covered by the exchange, Sun said.

Justin Sun (CoinDeskTV)

Política

Tether Worth $9M Tied to 'Pig Butchering' Scams Is Seized by U.S. DOJ

Tether said Monday it froze $225 million of its USDT stablecoin in light of DOJ investigations.

(Pixabay)

Mercados

Bitcoin Faces Headwinds as ETF Optimism Stalls; DOGE, SOL Give Back Gains

Ether (ETH) lost 0.5%, while dogecoin (DOGE) and solana (SOL) slumped as much as 5% as traders likely took profits.

BBitcoin faces headwinds (Pixabay)

Política

Canadian Regulator Seeks Feedback on Disclosure Rules for Bank Crypto Exposures

The country hopes to align local requirements with those proposed by international banking regulators.

Canada has unveiled new bank-capital plans for crypto (Pixabay)

Finanças

Pyth Token Debuts Near $500M Valuation as 90,000 Wallets Receive Airdrop

The network has $1.5 billion in total value secured across 120 protocols.

Pyth issues token airdrop (ian dooley/Unsplash)

Finanças

Tether Freezes $225M Linked to Human Trafficking Syndicate Amid DOJ Investigation

The $225 million was related to the "pig butchering" scam.

Tether freezes $225 million worth of its stablecoin (Jorge Salvador/Unsplash)

Finanças

Former Twitch CEO Emmett Shear Appointed as New OpenAI Chief

OpenAI ousted Sam Altman as its chief last week after the board said it no longer had confidence in his ability to lead the company

OpenAI (Jonathan Kemper/Unsplash)