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

FTX Used Customer Funds Among Other Assets to Prop Up Alameda Research in May: Report

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried transferred at least $4 billion in funds, according to a report.

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US Seizes 50K Bitcoins Related to Silk Road Marketplace

The bitcoin, which was obtained in 2012 and which was valued at $3.36 billion when it was discovered in November, is now worth $1.04 billion.

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FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried Denies Insolvency Rumors as Binance Liquidates FTT Token

The head of FTX sister company Alameda Research offered to buy as much FTT as Binance wants to sell.

Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO de FTX. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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USDC Issuer Circle to Add Solana Support for Euro Coin in 2023

The stablecoin was introduced in June and is backed by a mix of cash and European government debt.

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Bitcoin Miner Hive Blockchain Holds $68M of BTC, Has No Debt Costs on Equipment

Hive Blockchain is bucking the bearish mining industry trend, holding $68 million on BTC while producing 307 bitcoin in October.

Riot Platforms’ acquisition of Block Mining makes sense, JPMorgan says. (Sandali Handagama)

Finance

Binance to Sell Rest of FTX Token Holdings as Alameda CEO Defends Firm's Financial Condition

Alameda's CEO offered to buy Binance's FTT token holdings for $22 apiece.

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

Finance

Monkey Drainer Scammer Strikes Again, Steals $800K of NFTs

The phishing scammer made off with seven Crypto Punks and 20 Otherside NFTs.

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Aptos CEO Defends 'Fair' Tokenomics That Prompted Community Backlash

Aptos CEO Mo Shaikh told CoinDesk the token distribution is much fairer than at other projects.

Mo Shaikh y Avery Ching, cofundadores de Aptos. (Aptos Labs)

Finance

Crypto Investor Protocol Ventures to Shutter and Return Cash: Report

Investors in the San Francisco-based fund of funds have reportedly lost as much as 90% over the past year.

San Fransisco-based Wyre will no longer be acquired by Bolt. (Joonyeop Baek/Unsplash)

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Fidelity Opens Waiting List for Retail Crypto Product

The launch is another sign of the investment giant's interest in crypto.

Fidelity Investments sign (Jonathan Weiss/Shutterstock)