Oliver Knight

Journalist/Researcher - @CoinDesk, Currently traveling the globe

Active on X again. I check DMs regularly

[Oliver Knight @OliverCrypton]

The intersection of crypto and politics continues to evolve. The real focus now shifts to how these election results translate into policy and regulatory developments for the industry.

[Stand With Crypto🛡️ @standwithcrypto]

Congratulations to the pro-crypto champions elected tonight.

Meet the Stand With Crypto endorsed candidates who will bring a strong voice for crypto to office. 🧵⬇️

[Stand With Crypto🛡️ @standwithcrypto]

Congratulations to the pro-crypto champions elected tonight.

Meet the Stand With Crypto endorsed candidates who will bring a strong voice for crypto to office. ���⬇️

[Blocrate @blocrateglobal]

just shows how stablecoins will affect every sector. we're gonna make sure you can get a mortgage from it soon

[Oliver Knight @OliverCrypton]

Interesting development. Another major traditional finance player exploring how blockchain infrastructure can improve liquidity and settlement.

[The Defiant @DefiantNews]

BREAKING: UBER JUST ANNOUNCED IT COMPLETED ITS FIRST BLOCKCHAIN PILOT

Uber @Uber used the Canton network @CantonNetwork to pilot liquidity and settlement

Using HSBC Tokenized Deposits, Uber purchased Franklin Templeton tokenized money market funds (“MMF”) on Tradeweb, through delivery-versus-payment transactions on the Canton Network via Fireblocks.

[The Defiant @DefiantNews]

BREAKING: UBER JUST ANNOUNCED IT COMPLETED ITS FIRST BLOCKCHAIN PILOT

Uber @Uber used the Canton network @CantonNetwork to pilot liquidity and settlement

Using HSBC Tokenized Deposits, Uber purchased Franklin Templeton tokenized money market funds (“MMF”) on Tradeweb, through delivery-versus-payment transactions on the Canton Network via Fireblocks.

[Oliver Knight @OliverCrypton]

Both can coexist pretty well. RLUSD brings dollar liquidity on-chain, while XRP can facilitate cross-currency flows. The interesting part is how that translates into actual utility for the network.

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

NEW: Stanley Druckenmiller's first X post backs Hyperliquid venture after $23 million indirect investment

https://t.co/21mvPoI5qD

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

@Bullish CEO @ThomasFarley says one major IPO or new financial product could tip tokenized securities into the mainstream.

Speaking at @Ripple Swell, his timeline: “I don't know if it's tomorrow, 1 year from now. It might be 2 years from now. It's not 5 years from now.”

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

@Ripple Chief Legal Officer @s_alderoty says the 67 million Americans who own and use crypto are increasingly focused on safety.

“So what we need is clear rules of the road, and we're getting that through things like the Genius Act.”

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

#9 → #2

@StellarOrg’s rank by active developers in a year, according to @JoseFDaPonte. He says 4,000 devs are building on it, more than any chain except Ethereum.

“And we’re working on that.”

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

NEW: @Chainlink launches 24/7 stock and commodity pricing, bridging trading-session data with perpetual futures quotes during market closures, with @Aave as the first to adopt it for its institutional lending platform Horizon.

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

INSIGHT: Cold storage no longer has to mean slow transactions.

@Hex_Trust says its regulated cold wallets can sign 95% of transactions in under one second, allowing institutions to combine offline security with near-instant transaction processing.

Read more: https://t.co/yvS2Mj2S2p

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

“Small to medium sized businesses are able to use these assets to get value into their country in a way they couldn’t before... that to me is the gold standard.”

@DenelleDixon, CEO and Executive Director of the Stellar Development Foundation at @StellarOrg's Meridian 2026

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

LATEST: @CurveFinance launches on @StellarOrg mainnet, its first native deployment outside the EVM ecosystem, bringing StableSwap pools to Stellar’s growing tokenized asset and stablecoin infrastructure.

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

Tokenization isn’t a pilot anymore.

@StellarOrg went from under $1B in tokenized assets to nearly $5B in a single year, and @rajachak75 says that’s 4X faster than the industry at Meridian 2026.

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

JUST IN: ECB President Christine Lagarde announces she will step down on February 7, 2027, nine months before her eight-year term was due to end.

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

NEW: @Ripple projects a ~$900M annualized revenue run-rate by end of 2026, calling it the company’s “best year ever” as $RLUSD hits $2.6B in market cap and Ripple Payments approaches $150B in lifetime volume.

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

📹 LIVE: day 2 of CoinDesk live from Meridian 2026, with @StellarOrg.

Stellar’s @DenelleDixon, @MetaMask's Alex Greinacher and @BVNKFinance’s Kimberly Mescal Julien talk wallets, payments and the global money layer, from Lisbon.

https://t.co/qVyaIzOOCh

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

🎥 Missed day 1? Catch up on @bgarlinghouse, Terrence Duffy and the executives rewiring stablecoins, tokenization and 24/7 markets — live from @Ripple Swell 2026 in New York City.

https://t.co/uQzb7e3qqd

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

🌎 Catch up on day 1 of CoinDesk Live from Meridian 2026.

How stablecoins, payments and yield are reaching real-world users — from Lisbon, with @StellarOrg.

https://t.co/rvBCrCa7xn