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

Polygon Commits $100M to ‘Supernets’ as Layer 1s Stand Up Application-Specific Blockchains

Polygon has announced Supernet chains, pledging to invest $100 million to attract the development of customizable networks.

Sandeep Naliwal, co-founder Polygon (courtesy Polygon)

Policy

Bahamas to Allow Citizens to Pay Taxes With Digital Assets

Residents will also be able to access digital assets with the sand dollar, the country's official digital currency.

Nassau, The Bahamas

Markets

0x Protocol's Token Surges Over 47% After Coinbase NFT partnership

A partnership between Coinbase NFT and 0x protocol has sent the ZRX token soaring, with a 47% rally over the past 24-hours.

0x protocol will partner with Coinbase NFT (Shutterstock)

Tech

Blockchain Gaming Usage Explodes 2,000% in a Year: DappRadar

Usage and investments across the blockchain-gaming sector increased in the first quarter to make up 52% of all blockchain activity.

Axies from the play-to-earn game Axie Infinity.

Finance

Australia Crypto ETF Market Heats Up With Two More Spot Funds Set to Launch

21Shares and ETF Securities will introduce Australia's first spot exchange-traded products for bitcoin and ether next week.

Sydney harbor. (Dan Freeman/Unsplash)

Finance

Australia’s First Bitcoin ETF to Be Listed Next Week: Report

Cosmos Asset Management’s Bitcoin ETF will be listed on the Cboe trading platform.

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