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

Binance's Head of Product Departs as Executive Exodus Gathers Steam

Mayur Kamat's departure follows those of Chief Strategy Officer Patrick Hillmann, Senior Director of Investigations Matthew Price, SVP for Compliance Steven Christie and Asia-Pacific Head Leon Foong.

(Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Slides Under $26K, Majors SOL, XRP, DOGE Erase All Weekly Gains

Only tron (TRX) and toncoin (TON) were in the green on Friday, up over 1% each on no immediate catalysts.

(PIX1861/Pixabay)

Markets

Ether Heads for 'Death Cross'

A death occurs when an asset's 50-day simple moving average dips below its 200-day simple moving average.

Ether's daily chart (TradingView/CoinDesk)

Tech

Aerodrome Fanatics Deposit $150M to Base Blockchain on First Day

Its creators hope to emulate the apparent success of Velodrome, one of Optimism network’s most used platforms which holds over $288 million in locked value.

Aerodrome receives $150 million in deposits (Pixabay)

Finance

SEC Could Prepare Alternative Arguments to Reject Spot Bitcoin ETFs: Berenberg

Coinbase’s potential involvement in spot bitcoin ETFs could serve as part of the SEC’s reconfigured arguments for rejecting the applications, the report said.

Photo of the SEC logo on a building wall

Finance

Binance to 'Gradually' End Support for BUSD Products

The move follows Paxos' decision to halt minting of new BUSD.

Logo de Binance. (Unsplash)

Markets

It's a Bullish Double Whammy for Bitcoin, but Caution Still Warranted

Grayscale's legal victory over the SEC and disappointing U.S. labor market data support upside in bitcoin. But the bullish scenario is not without risks.

BTCUSD chart (TradingView)

Finance

SBI-Owned B2C2 Eyes European Expansion With Acquisition of Rival Trading Firm Woorton

B2C2 will now have access to Woorton's EU license that will permit it to serve institutional clients in the EU.

The UK government wants to regulate crypto like finance, not gambling (Ugur Akdemir/Unsplash)

Finance

DeFi Shrinks to Multiyear Low as the Crypto-Fueled Future of Finance Falters

The total value locked in DeFi protocols has slumped to the lowest level since February 2021 even as ETH, which underpins the market, has soared this year.

DeFi total value locked, or TVL, has dwindled (DefiLlama)

Finance

FBI Says North Korean Hackers May Try to Sell $40M of Bitcoin

The FBI released six wallets linked to North Korean hackers Lazarus Group and APT38.

FBI tracks $40 million of North Korea-linked bitcoin. (David Trinks/Unsplash)