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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Decentralized Crypto Exchange dYdX Scraps Promotion Amid 'Liveness Check' Backlash

The exchange wanted to prevent users from farming the promo across multiple accounts, but the promotion also raised questions about decentralization.

(Bernard Hermant/Unsplash)

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Defunct Crypto Exchange Mt. Gox to Set Creditor Repayment Date 'in Due Course'

Creditors have until Sept. 15 to make or transfer a claim.

Mt. Gox will set a repayment date in due course. (CoinDesk)

Finance

US Asked Binance for Documents Related to Money-Laundering Probe: Report

The request was made by federal prosecutors in late 2020.

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Crypto.com Pulls Plug on $495M Champions League Sponsorship Deal: Report

Regulatory concerns in Europe prompted the firm to scrap the deal.

Crypto.com pulls out of Champions League sponsorship deal (Janosch Diggelm/Unsplash)

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Crypto Lender Nexo Allocates Additional $50M for Token Buyback Initiative

After purchasing its native tokens, Nexo will hold them in a vesting period for 12 months.

Antoni Trenchev Co-Founder Nexo (Shutterstock/Coindesk)

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Solana-Based DeFi Protocol OptiFi Loses $661K in Programming Blunder

The platform said it will reimburse all users' funds.

DeFi protocol OptiFi lost $661,000 in user funds after an update error. (Pixabay)

Finance

Stablecoin Issuer Tether Dismisses Wall Street Journal's Claim of Inadequate Reserves

The newspaper reported that the firm's assets outweigh its liabilities by just $191 million, implying a relatively "thin cushion of equity."

Tether Chief Technology Officer Paolo Ardoino.  (Twitter/Bitfinex, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Lender Hodlnaut Placed Under Interim Judicial Management by Singapore Court

The Singapore-based lender was placed under interim judicial management, a type of creditor protection, on Aug. 29.

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Finance

Crypto Exchange Zipmex Appoints Restructuring Firm to Forge Recovery Plan

KordaMentha has been appointed as Zipmex's financial adviser to oversee a recovery plan.

Singapore Skyline (Swapnil Bapat/Unsplash)

Finance

Algorithmic Stablecoin USDN Falls From Dollar Peg as Liquidity Slumps

The stablecoin is currently trading at 91 cents as speculation mounts over its sustainability.

Algorithmic stablecoin USDN fell from its peg. (Tim Marshall/Unsplash)