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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Thena protocol (Thena website)
DeFi Protocol Thena's Total Value Locked Surged to $90M in Its First Week
The BNB Chain-based DeFi protocol offers 9.93% yields for traders that stake stablecoins.
Thena protocol (Thena website)
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Crypto Bank Silvergate Shares Plunge 46% After $8.1B Withdrawal in Q4 Prompts 200 Job Cuts
The company also said it is writing off its investment in former Facebook stablecoin project Diem.
(CoinDesk)
Defrost Finance suffered a $12 million exploit (Getty Images)
Defrost Finance Denies Rug Pull Allegations Amid $12M Exploit
The group says it’s retrieved all the funds after offering a bounty to the hacker.
Defrost Finance suffered a $12 million exploit (Getty Images)
MicroStrategy Executive Director Michael Saylor (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
MicroStrategy Added 2,500 Bitcoins for $45M in Last 2 Months
The software company also sold a small amount of the cryptocurrency for the first time.
MicroStrategy Executive Director Michael Saylor (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Crypto exchange Kraken is closing its platform in Japan. (Tokyo Skyline by Ryo Yoshitake/Unsplash)
Crypto Exchange Kraken to End Japan Operations
The company will close shop in the country at the end of January.
Crypto exchange Kraken is closing its platform in Japan. (Tokyo Skyline by Ryo Yoshitake/Unsplash)
Crypto prices added to Twitter (Twitter)
Twitter Adds Crypto, Stock Prices in Search Results
The social media platform said it will refine the user experience and add more tickers in coming weeks.
Crypto prices added to Twitter (Twitter)
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DeFi Protocol Ankr Says Ex-Employee Caused $5M Exploit
The company is working with law enforcement to prosecute the attacker.
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Waves Blockchain Founder Asks Exchanges to Delist WAVES Token Derivative Trading
Growing concerns over the USDN stablecoin has sent the WAVES token down 40% over the past two weeks.
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Encrypted Messaging Protocol Mask Network Acquires Mastodon Server Pawoo.net
Pawoo.net is the second-largest instance on Mastodon with 800,000 users.
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Grayscale's Michael Sonnenshein speaks at Invest: NYC 2019 (CoinDesk)
Grayscale Will Explore Returning Portion of Investor Capital if SEC Refuses Spot Bitcoin ETF
Grayscale sued the U.S. regulator in June after its latest spot bitcoin ETF application was denied.
Grayscale's Michael Sonnenshein speaks at Invest: NYC 2019 (CoinDesk)