Oliver Knight

Oliver Knight

Oliver Knight joined CoinDesk as a news reporter in April 2022. Before joining CoinDesk, Knight was the Chief Reporter at Coin Rivet for three years. Having graduated with a journalism degree from Birmingham City University, Knight went on to work at various sports publications before diving into the world of Bitcoin in 2014. He does not have any crypto holdings.

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Arbitrum airdrop goes live. (Pexel/Pixabay)
Arbitrum's ARB Token Trades at $3.99 as 625,143 Wallets Receive Airdrop
Decentralized exchange GMX becomes the largest single holder of ARB after receiving 8 million tokens.
Arbitrum airdrop goes live. (Pexel/Pixabay)
Crypto exchange Bitget has invested $30 million in digital wallet provider BitKeep. (Pixabay)
Crypto Exchange Bitget Invests $30M in Digital Wallet BitKeep
The exchange will use BitKeep to improve stability of security of handling multiple assets across different blockchains.
Crypto exchange Bitget has invested $30 million in digital wallet provider BitKeep. (Pixabay)
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Sushi DAO, Key Contributor Served With SEC Subpoena
The sushi token dropped 5.5% on the news.
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Derivatives trading platform GMX has a proposal to deploy on Base, a new layer 2 network started by Coinbase. (Unsplash)
Crypto Exchange GMX Proposes Deployment on Coinbase's Base Blockchain
Some members of the GMX community have already voiced their support for the move.
Derivatives trading platform GMX has a proposal to deploy on Base, a new layer 2 network started by Coinbase. (Unsplash)
USDC's depeg. (Cryptowatch)
On-Chain Data Reveals How Trading Firms Worked the USDC Stablecoin Repeg
One wallet made $16.5 million in a day trading tether for USD coin and DAI.
USDC's depeg. (Cryptowatch)
Google searches for Arbitrum by region (Google Trends)
Google Searches for Arbitrum Soar Amid Airdrop Announcement
The Arbitrum token will be airdropped to users next Thursday.
Google searches for Arbitrum by region (Google Trends)
Alameda Research-linked wallet transfers to trading firms. (Arkham Intelligence)
Alameda-Linked Wallet Sent $100M of Stablecoins to Trading Firms After USDC Depeg
Three other wallets linked to FTX and Alameda sent $188.5 million in stablecoins to crypto exchanges on Tuesday.
Alameda Research-linked wallet transfers to trading firms. (Arkham Intelligence)
Trading volume on DEXs hits record high. (DefiLlama)
Decentralized Exchanges Posted Record $25B Daily Volume as USDC Depegged
The majority of volume took place on Uniswap and Curve as traders hopped out of, and back into, the stablecoin.
Trading volume on DEXs hits record high. (DefiLlama)
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Three Arrows Capital Co-Founder Kyle Davies: No Pending Lawsuits or Regulatory Action
Davies spoke to CoinDesk from an office in Dubai.
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DYdX Passes Vote to Reduce Trading Rewards by 45%, Sending Token Up 29.89%
The DYDX token is up by 121% since the turn of the year.
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