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

Investment Giant KKR Puts Portion of Private Equity Fund on Avalanche Blockchain

The firm hopes that a tokenized fund will increase accessibility to individual investors.

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Finance

Bolt Axes $1.5B Deal to Buy Crypto Infrastructure Provider Wyre

Wyre will implement its one-click checkout technology on Bolt's customer platform instead.

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

Finance

Hodlnaut Judicial Managers Weigh Unwinding Crypto Lender's Assets Before Ethereum Merge

The court-appointed managers of Hodlnaut in Singapore say they are concerned about incorrect pricing being relayed to smart contracts after the blockchain's software upgrade.

Hodlnaut may unwind assets ahead of the Ethereum Merge. (Paxson Wolber/Unsplash)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Binance to Issue 'Soulbound' Tokens to Users Who Complete Know-Your-Customer Checks

The tokens will allow users to participate in building projects on the BNB chain.

Taken from the Sky Lift at the WI State Fair, August 2017 Shadows of people walking extended on the street. (Unsplash)

Finance

Canadian Crypto Exchange Coinberry Files Lawsuit Against 50 Users After Losing 120 BTC

A software error involving Canadian dollar transfers allowed users to siphon 120 bitcoins without paying in 2020.

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Finance

Crypto Lender Nexo Introduces Spot and Margin Trading Platform

Nexo Pro will aggregate liquidity across market makers in an attempt to offer minimal slippage to its users.

Crypto trading platform Talos announced three new hires to senior roles. (Nicholas Cappello/Unsplash)

Finance

Thai SEC Files Police Complaint Against Crypto Exchange Zipmex

The complaint comes after Zipmex failed to meet a deadline for sharing transactional information with the SEC, the agency said.

(Michal Jarmoluk/Pixabay)

Finance

China’s State-Backed Open-Source Blockchain Enlists Hong Kong's HSBC, Emperor Group

The project is encouraging the use of blockchain technology without the use of cryptocurrencies.

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Finance

Withdrawal of $33M in Staked Ether Was Not From Three Arrows Capital: Report

The withdrawal was to a Matrixport wallet, not Three Arrows, as previously reported.

Three Arrows co-founder Su Zhu (CoinDesk)