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.

Oliver Knight

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Finance

Avalanche Bridge Launches Native Bitcoin Support; AVAX Surges 7.4%

The AVAX token is beginning to gain some upside momentum despite a drop-off in DeFi activity.

Bridge de Avalanche lanza soporte para bitcoin. (Shutterstock)

Finance

Nexo Hires Citigroup to Advise on Acquisitions

The crypto lender is planning to buy rival platforms.

(Getty Images)

Finance

EBay Acquires NFT Marketplace KnownOrigin for Undisclosed Amount

The move comes one month after eBay released its debut collection of NFTs.

eBay Headquarters HQ (Shutterstock)

Finance

Blockchain Payments Firm Roxe to List via $3.6B SPAC Deal

The company is planning to trade on Nasdaq next year.

Money (Sharon McCutcheon / Unsplash)

Finance

Tether to Issue Sterling-Pegged Stablecoin, GBPT

The token will be pegged 1:1 to the British pound and will launch in July.

Bank of England (PeterRoe/Pixabay)

Finance

Celsius Network Pauses AMAs, With Customers Left in the Dark Over Withdrawals

Celsius has not yet provided an update on the status of withdrawals from its platform as regulators investigate.

Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

Babel Finance Reaches Debt Agreement With Counterparties After Withdrawal Freeze

The company will continue to communicate with shareholders as it looks to obtain liquidity support.

Flex Yang, co-founder of Babel Finance

Finance

DeFi Protocol Solend Passes Governance Vote to Reverse ‘Emergency Powers’

An emergency governance vote has been passed as Solend plans to take less drastic measures on the liquidation of a large Solana borrower.

(Arnaud Jaegers/Unsplash)

Finance

FTX Agrees to Acquire Canadian Trading Platform Bitvo as It Eyes Regional Expansion

FTX's decision to acquire Bitvo comes after rival exchange Binance pulled out of Ontario amid regulatory pressure last year.

Sam Bankman-Fried speaks at Crypto Bahamas 2022. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Babel Finance Suspends Withdrawals, Citing 'Unusual Liquidity Pressures'

Babel Finance has responded to a market downturn by temporarily freezing withdrawals and redemptions.

Hong Kong where Tether is headquartered (Ruslan Bardash/Unsplash).