Oliver Knight

@OKnightCrypto and @godbole17 report: coindesk.com/markets/2026/0…

@sillytuna Hey, very sorry to hear about the attack/robbery. Can you DM me for a CoinDesk story?

Crypto investigator ZachXBT alleges trading platform Axiom's employee conducted insider trading @OKnightCrypto & @shauryamalwa report coindesk.com/markets/2026/0…

So, @zachxbt investigation alleges that an insider at @AxiomExchange was accessing customer information for financial gain. Story here: coindesk.com/markets/2026/0…

$Bitcoin's bottoming process typically begins with 50-week SMA crossing below the 100-week SMA, data from previous cycles show. And we are far far off from that point...

During the 1980s, I would fax a daily investment note to trading desks across the City. One Tuesday my focus was on British Aerospace. Solid order book. Government backing. The sort of thing that made middle-aged fund managers feel virile. I wrote, with suitable gravitas: "We believe the company is undergoing a structural shift..." Unfortunately, the fax machine had been chewing paper all week and slight crease erased a single letter. "We believe the company is undergoing a structural shit…" was beamed to every trading desk in London. The phone began ringing. "Richard," said one broker, barely breathing. "Is that an official downgrade?" Another claimed it was "the most candid research note in the City". By close of day, British Aerospace had dropped two percent.

NEW: Trump-backed World Liberty Financial has launched a DeFi lending app for its USD1 stablecoin (WLFI), causing partner token DOLO to skyrocket 57%. @OKnightCrypto reports. coindesk.com/business/2026/…

FINANCE: Zcash governance clash tanked the token. Here's why it may not be as big as it seems. @OKnightCrypto writes: coindesk.com/business/2026/…

Latest: Crypto traders can now speculate on housing prices through @Polymarket

🔥 LATEST: Polymarket Hiring In-House Team to Trade Against Customers — Here's Why It's a Risk @OKnightCrypto reports: coindesk.com/business/2025/…

"Setting aside whether this should be allowed or not, it's a bad business decision that takes a platform that previously felt very new and different and instead makes it look and feel just like everyone else."

"This move diminishes Polymarket's opportunity to differentiate itself from the competition, and it dedicates resources and focus to something that is definitively not what got the company to this point."

"Given the huge valuations, it's not a viable strategy to monetize, if that's the objective. Assuming the trading desk is profitable, which is far from a given, the amount it can profit is a pittance compared to its valuation."

Experts say Polymarket is taking its boldest risk yet, essentially becoming a sportsbook by hiring a team of internal traders.

Harry Crane, a statistics professor at Rutgers, told CoinDesk that the motivation is to monetize the platform, but this "short-sighted and ultimately a mistake, but time will tell."

Takes me back to the Asian Financial Crisis of 1997. One day in late October, the Hang Seng fell through the floor. Spreads blew out to Himalayan widths. The yen convulsed like a dying eel. The chap next to me kneeled on the floor, praying to his Bloomberg terminal while sobbing uncontrollably. My colleague, the notorious South Korean trader Jinwoo Park, leaned back in his chair, lit a cigarette under a 'No Smoking' sign and simply muttered: "Well, that's lunch ruined." Financial carnage it is purest form.

💰 LATEST: High-Stakes Gambler Liquidated for $168M After Shorting the Bottom of Crypto Plunge @OKnightCrypto reports. coindesk.com/markets/2025/1…