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

Aptos Labs Raises $150M in Funding Round Led by FTX Ventures

The team is looking to bring the Diem blockchain back to life.

Unizen has received $200 million from alternative investment group Global Emerging Markets. (Shutterstock)

Finance

Ken Moelis' Investment Bank Creates Group to Focus on Blockchain Deals

The New York bank, founded in 2007, is looking at crypto deals with more intent.

(Sophie Backes, Unsplash)

Finance

Bank of Central African States Urged to Introduce Common Digital Currency: Report

The regional bank is a staunch critic of the Central African Republic's decision to make bitcoin legal tender in April.

Calle de Camerún, uno de los países en los que funciona el Banco de Estados de África Central. (Eduoard Tamba/Unsplash)

Finance

Crypto Lender BlockFi Had $1.8B in Open Loans at End of June and $600M of Exposure

The company has released a quarter-end snapshot of a number of operating statistics.

Publicidad de BlockFi en Union Station, Washington D. C. (Archivo de CoinDesk)

Finance

Three Arrows Capital Founders Break Their Silence, Look to Move to Dubai: Report

The beleaguered duo discussed how one of the most successful crypto funds went from being a prominent trading desk to owing creditors $2.8 billion.

Su Zhu of Three Arrows (CoinDesk)

Markets

First Mover Americas: ECB (Finally) Exits Negative Rates as Bitcoin Digests Tesla Sales

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for July 21, 2022.

The European Central Bank (ECB) raised borrowing costs for the first time in 11 years. (Ronald Wittek - Pool/Getty Images)

Markets

JPMorgan Sees Crypto Retail Demand Improving, End of 'Intense' Deleveraging Phase

Improved investor sentiment and increased demand ahead of the Ethereum Merge has sparked a market recovery, according to the bank.

(Shutterstock)

Finance

Thai SEC Asks Zipmex to Clarify Withdrawal Freeze

The crypto exchange was asked whether it used Celsius Network or Babel Finance in connection to its ZipUp program.

Bangkok (Getty Images)

Finance

Prosecutors Raid 7 Korean Exchanges Amid Terra Probe: Report

Seven exchanges and eight other addresses have been raided in connection to the Terraform Labs fraud investigation.

The offices of Bithumb and six other South Korean crypto exchanges were reportedly raided by investigators. (Shutterstock)

Finance

Silvergate's Q2 Net Income Jumps 85%, Shares Spike

The crypto bank's stock rose about 22% in Tuesday's trading session.

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