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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London Court Orders Six Crypto Exchanges to Share Client Details to Assist in $10.7M Fraud Case

The unnamed crypto exchange traced $1.7 million of the stolen funds after being hacked for $10.7 million in 2020.

London's High Court (Francais a Londres/Unsplash)

Finance

Coinbase Wallet to End Support for Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum Classic, Ripple's XRP and Stellar's XLM

The company took note of "low usage" as its reason for no longer supporting those tokens.

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Finance

Social-Media Giant LINE Closes Its Crypto Exchange Bitfront

The firm will focus on its native blockchain and token, LINK.

Cityscape Tokyo, Japan (Ryo Yoshitake/Unsplash)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Binance Delists Serum Trading Pairs Amid FTX Connection

Three Serum trading pairs on Binance will be terminated on Nov. 28.

Changpeng Zhao ,CEO of Binance, at Consensus Singapore 2018 (CoinDesk)

Finance

Jump Crypto, Aptos Labs Commit to Binance-Led $1B Recovery Fund

Binance said it plans to increase the fund to $2 billion as it expects participation to increase.

Changpeng Zhao ,CEO of Binance, at Consensus Singapore 2018 (CoinDesk)

Finance

Singapore Starts Fraud Investigation Into Crypto Exchange Hodlnaut

The police are looking into allegations of cheating and fraud by the company and its directors.

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Finance

Cathie Wood's Ark Invest Buys $1.5M in Grayscale Bitcoin Trust Shares

The firm purchased the shares at a record discount to their net asset value.

Cathie Wood's Ark Invest has purchased more shares of Grayscale Bitcoin Trust. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Zipmex Asks for Creditor Protection Extension With Takeover Talks 'Ongoing'

A deal may be reached as early as next week, according to a person familiar with the matter.

(Michal Jarmoluk/Pixabay)

Finance

Luna Foundation Guard Spent $2.8B Defending UST Peg, Third-Party Audit Finds

Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon dismissed similarities with the collapse of FTX.

Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon (Terra, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Liquid Global, Crypto Exchange Owned by FTX, Halts Withdrawals

The Japanese exchange was acquired by FTX earlier this year.

Safe to offer governance token for its DAO. (Creative Commons)