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

Curve Finance Founder Deposits $24M CRV into Aave to Safeguard $65M Stablecoin Loan

CRV is trading 2.1% lower over the past 24-hours following a sharp drop on Saturday.

CRV/USD chart (Cryptowatch)

Finance

Virtual Reality Tokens Surge 8% as Traders Await Apple's VR Headset Release

The metaverse market is bouncing back ahead of Apple's release as trading volume on related tokens spikes to $905 million.

Apple to release VR headset on Monday (Lauren Heymann/Unsplash)

Finance

Optimism-Based Velodrome Token Slides Nearly 8% Ahead of Major Upgrade

Velodrome’s upgrade is slated for June 15 and is a complete overhaul of the protocol.

VELO/USDT chart (TradingView)

Finance

Sui Blockchain Signs Multiyear Deal With Red Bull Racing

Sui will roll out a series of digital experience for racing fans over the coming months.

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Finance

Bankruptcy Claims Exchange OPNX Issues New Governance Token, FLEX Rises 16%

FLEX holders can convert their tokens for OX at a ratio of 1:100.

Kyle Davies (left) and Su Zhu (middle). (Kyle Davies/X)

Finance

The Plight of Hyped-Blockchain Canto Demonstrates Dreary DeFi Outlook

Canto's slide is an example of fickle crypto investors' lack of appetite in DeFi.

(Mohan Murugesan/Unsplash)

Finance

Stablecoin Issuer Lybra Finance Nears $100M in TVL

Lybra Finance was launched last month and uses liquid staking derivatives to offer a decentralized interesting-bearing stablecoin.

Lybra Finance TVL (Defillama)

Tech

BNB Chain Expected to Undergo ‘Luban’ Upgrade in June. Here’s all You Need to Know

Three distinct enhancements aim to make the network faster and more secure.

BNB Chain to undergo upgrade in June (Moritz Mentges/Unsplash)

Finance

0x Releases Latest Version of DEX Aggregator Matcha

The newest iteration is focused on enhancing the trading experience for users.

0x releases new Matcha version (0x)

Finance

WazirX's Battle With Binance Reignited After WRX Token Moved to "Innovation Zone"

They are 17 other tokens besides WRX that Binance has shifted to its innovation zone.

Bulls fighting. (Bykofoto/Shutterstock)