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

Harmony Hackers Cover Tracks by Bridging Portion of $100M Loot to Avalanche, Ethereum and Tron

The hackers are using privacy wallets and cross-chain bridges to obfuscate stolen funds.

(John Noonan/Unsplash)

Finance

Raydium Exchange Exploiter Sends $2.7M to Tornado Cash

The exploiter sent a total of 42 transactions amounting to 1,774.5 ETH on Thursday.

(Towfiqu Barbhuiya/Unsplash)

Finance

Ethereum Name Service's Governance Proposal Outlines Intention to Sell 10,000 ETH

The DAO's treasury currently holds 40,746 ETH and 2.46 million USDC.

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Markets

Bitcoin Tumbles From Multi-Month High on DOJ Worry, Hawkish Fed

Earlier Wednesday the crypto had touched its highest point since before the FTX collapse.

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Markets

DeFi Protocol Thena's Total Value Locked Surged to $90M in Its First Week

The BNB Chain-based DeFi protocol offers 9.93% yields for traders that stake stablecoins.

Thena protocol (Thena website)

Finance

Crypto Bank Silvergate Shares Plunge 46% After $8.1B Withdrawal in Q4 Prompts 200 Job Cuts

The company also said it is writing off its investment in former Facebook stablecoin project Diem.

(CoinDesk)

Finance

Defrost Finance Denies Rug Pull Allegations Amid $12M Exploit

The group says it’s retrieved all the funds after offering a bounty to the hacker.

(Getty Images)

Finance

MicroStrategy Added 2,500 Bitcoins for $45M in Last 2 Months

The software company also sold a small amount of the cryptocurrency for the first time.

MicroStrategy Executive Director Michael Saylor speaks at the Bitcoin 2021 Convention (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Kraken to End Japan Operations

The company will close shop in the country at the end of January.

Cityscape Tokyo, Japan (Ryo Yoshitake/Unsplash)

Finance

Twitter Adds Crypto, Stock Prices in Search Results

The social media platform said it will refine the user experience and add more tickers in coming weeks.

Crypto prices added to Twitter (Twitter)