Oliver Knight

Oliver Knight is a news reporter at CoinDesk who joined the team in April 2022. Before CoinDesk, he served as the Chief Reporter at Coin Rivet for three years. With a journalism degree from Birmingham City University, Knight began his career in sports publications before shifting his focus to Bitcoin in 2014. His reporting primarily covers markets, policy and finance with a recent emphasis on Tether's role in evading Venezuelan sanctions and the use of cryptocurrencies for fuel exports. He does not hold any crypto holdings.

Biography:  https://www.coindesk.com/author/oliver-knight/

99%

The overall score is a weighted number that takes into account conflict of interest, bias, deception and other practices that undermines the credibility of the source. It is calculated as:
Analysis.OverallConflictOfInterestScore * 0.3F + Analysis.OverallBiasScore * 0.3F + Analysis.DeceptivenessScore * 0.3F + Analysis.ReadabilityScore * 0.1F

A score that takes into consideration the content for flow, interruptions with ads, and overt search engine optimization techniques that makes the content hard to understand

The Daily's Verdict

This author is known for its high journalistic standards. The author strives to maintain neutrality and transparency in its reporting, and avoids conflicts of interest. The author has a reputation for accuracy and rarely gets contradicted on major discrepancies in its reporting.

Bias

98%

Examples:

  • Oliver Knight has a background in sports journalism before transitioning to cryptocurrency reporting, potentially bringing a different perspective to his coverage.

Conflicts of Interest

98%

Examples:

  • Oliver Knight does not have any reported crypto holdings, which could reduce potential conflicts of interest in his reporting.

Contradictions

98%

Examples:

  • In the article 'Tether Will Freeze Wallets Evading Venezuelan Sanctions', Oliver Knight reports that PDVSA is using USDT to facilitate its crude oil and fuel exports despite new US sanctions. This contradicts the image of Tether as a compliant stablecoin issuer.

Deceptions

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Recent Articles

Tether Freezes Wallets Linked to Venezuelan State-Run Oil Company PDVSA Amid Sanctions Evasion Allegations

Tether Freezes Wallets Linked to Venezuelan State-Run Oil Company PDVSA Amid Sanctions Evasion Allegations

Broke On: Tuesday, 23 April 2024 Tether freezes wallets linked to Venezuela's PDVSA for evading US sanctions using USDT. PDVSA reportedly used Tether since last year to bypass restrictions on oil industry transactions. Tether cooperates with OFAC, but previously refused to freeze wallets tied to Tornado Cash.