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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Cross-Chain Bridge Stargate's Volume Soars as Airdrop Hunters Set Sights on LayerZero Token

Crypto traders are using the Stargate bridge in the hope that they will be eligible for a rumored LayerZero airdrop.

Puente. (Aleksandr Barsukov/Unsplash)

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Helium's IOT Token Surges 370% Following Solana Migration

More than six billion IOT tokens have been minted since Helium migrated to Solana.

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Finance

Sui Network to Issue Token Following Exchange Sale; Airdrop Hunters Dismayed

The SUI token will be issued after the mainnet launch on May 3 after a token sale on Bybit, OKX and Kucoin.

Arbitrum airdrop goes live. (Pexel/Pixabay)

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Algorand Foundation Among Creditors Opposing Restructuring of Troubled Crypto Exchange Hodlnaut

The Algorand Foundation declared $35 million in exposure to the lender in September.

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A Crypto Mining Firm May Have Moved $150M in Bitcoin, CryptoQuant Says

The price of bitcoin dropped by 3% on the day the $150 million was moved out of the miner's wallet.

Bitcoin mining data (CryptoQuant)

Finance

Decentralized Exchange GMX Connects to Chainlink's Low-Latency Oracles Following Community Vote

GMX is the largest protocol on Arbitrum, with $567 million in total value locked.

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Susquehanna, DRW Are Among Backers of Bankruptcy Claims Exchange OPNX, the Firm Tweets

Other investors include U.S. options exchange MIAX Group and Saudi digital asset fund Tuwaiq, OPNX said Friday.

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

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Crypto Exchange Zipmex Files for Two-Month Moratorium Extension

The request comes after an investor failed to maintain payments to the exchange.

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Safemoon Hacker Strikes Deal With Developers to Return $7.1M

The exploiter will retain 20% of the stolen funds as a bug bounty.

Hacker (Towfiqu Barbhuiya/Unsplash)

Finance

Kyber Network Advises Liquidity Providers to Withdraw Funds Amid Vulnerability, Token Drops 2%

Kyber's Elastic product's total value locked has plunged to $61 million from $108 million a day earlier.

Hacker (Towfiqu Barbhuiya/Unsplash)