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

N3TWORK Studios Raises $46M in Funding Round Led by Griffin Gaming

The blockchain video game developer will release two crypto-native games, "Legendary: Heroes Unchained" and "Triumph."

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Finance

Cash Management Firm Coinshift Closes $15M Series A Led by Tiger Global

Coinshift has outlined a new roadmap with the goal of building the most sophisticated treasury system for Web 3.

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Finance

BitMEX Starts Spot Exchange on Eve of Co-Founder Hayes's Sentencing

Arthur Hayes will be sentenced for violation of the U.S. Bank Secrecy Act on Friday.

BitMEX founder and former CEO Arthur Hayes pleaded guilty to an identical charge as the exchange, a few years earlier. (CoinDesk archives)

Policy

Portugal Makes U-Turn on Cryptocurrency Tax

Reversing its previous hands-off stance, the nation will impose taxes on the exchange and sale of cryptocurrencies.

Portugal has made a U-turn on taxing cryptocurrency. (aayush_gupta/Unsplash)

Finance

Australian Tax Office Warns Crypto Investors on Capital Gains Obligations

The rate of capital gains tax on digital assets in Australia is determined by an investor's income tax rate.

Australian Parliament, Canberra (adijoshi11/Unsplash)

Finance

Elon Musk Says He's Committed to Twitter Deal After Putting It on Hold

The landmark deal that would see Elon Musk take over Twitter and make it private has hit a stumbling block as Musk wants to verify the amount of fake accounts.

Elon Musk (Maja Hitij/Getty Images)

Finance

PancakeSwap Aims to Reduce CAKE Supply and Increase Farming Rewards

The PancakeSwap team has proposed a supply cap alongside new features that will enhance the utility of its token.

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Finance

Australian Crypto ETF Listings Kick Off With Low Volumes Amid Crypto Correction

Investors opted for a cautious approach during intense volatility on the opening day of three crypto funds.

Sydney harbor. (Dan Freeman/Unsplash)

Markets

Anchor Community Submits Proposal to Restore UST Peg

Algorithmic stablecoin TerraUSD has fallen sharply from its $1 peg over the past 48 hours.

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Finance

Luna Foundation Guard Acquires $1.5B in Bitcoin to Reinforce Stablecoin Reserves

The purchase brings LFG's holdings to more than 80,000 bitcoins, or nearly $3 billion.

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