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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Tech

Decentralized Exchange MM.Finance Suffers $2M Exploit

MM.Finance has said that it will compensate and reimburse impacted users.

Inverse Finance developers paused borrowing functions for users and said they were investigating the incident. (Shutterstock)

Finance

Binance Secures Regulatory Approval in France

Binance's registration allows it to custody digital assets and operate a trading platform in the country.

Paris, France (allewollenalex/Unsplash)

Finance

Lido Briefly Becomes Top DeFi Protocol by TVL With $20B Staked

The DeFi protocol overtook Curve before falling back into second place.

(Shutterstock)

Finance

Jane Street Dives Into DeFi With $25M USDC Loan

The Wall Street trading firm made its first DeFi investment last month, backing decentralized lending protocol Bastion.

Wall Street trading firm Jane Street takes $25 million USDC loan. (aditya1702/Unsplash)

Tech

Ethereum Name Service NFTs Overtake BAYC in Daily Trade Volume

The ENS NFTs have seen a surge in volume today as investors dive in to purchase three- and four-digit domains.

The original Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT collection features right-facing cartoon apes. (Yuga Labs)

Finance

Central African Republic Adopts Bitcoin as Legal Tender

A statement from the president's office on Wednesday confirms the passage and signing of the necessary legislation.

Central African Republic flag (jorono/ Pixabay)

Finance

Australian Crypto ETF Launch Delayed Due to Pressure From Unidentified Broker: Report

The race to list a crypto ETF in Australia has been dealt a setback hours before it was due to go live on CBOE Australia.

Melbourne city at night (James O'Neil/ Getty Images)

Finance

Twitter Accepts Elon Musk's $54.20-a-Share Buyout Offer

Upon completion of the transaction, Twitter will become a privately held company.

(Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Tech

NFTs Stolen After Bored Ape Yacht Club Instagram, Discord Hacked

A fraudulent "mint" link was sent to followers. Some appear to have taken the bait.

A selection of Bored Apes, one of the best-selling NFT avatar series.

Policy

Seized Silk Road Bitcoin to Clear Ross Ulbricht's $183M Debt

A court filing reveals that bitcoin seized in 2020 will be used to repay the Silk Road founder's debt to the U.S. government.

"Human Blockchain," a painting made by Ross Ulbricht in prison (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)