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Oliver Benjamin

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Oliver Benjamin is a DeFi research writer at DefiLiban, specializing in decentralized finance systems, token economics, liquidity design, and blockchain market structure. His work focuses on analyzing how DeFi protocols function beneath surface-level narratives, with particular attention to incentives, on-chain behavior, yield systems, and emerging crypto infrastructure. He is known for producing research-driven content that explains complex decentralized systems in a structured and accessible way. Before joining DefiLiban, Oliver worked across quantitative finance, blockchain research, and digital asset analysis roles involving DeFi strategy evaluation, smart contract ecosystems, and market data interpretation. He holds an M.Sc. in Quantitative Finance from Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and has completed additional certifications in blockchain architecture, machine learning, and DeFi research. Oliver’s writing combines analytical depth with practical market insight, focusing on system design, protocol mechanics, and long-term developments within decentralized finance.

News

Bitwise Solana ETF Becomes First to Hit $1 Billion AUM

Bitwise's Solana staking ETF (BSOL) has become the first Solana-focused exchange-traded fund to cross $1 billion in assets under management, a milestone that marks the fastest scaling of any regulated Solana investment vehicle to date.

Aug 30·3 min read·By Oliver Benjamin

News

XRP Defends 200-Week EMA as ETFs See $110.49M Inflows

XRP is holding its 200-week exponential moving average as a technical floor while spot XRP ETFs post their strongest weekly net inflows of 2026 at $110. 49M, pairing a long-term chart support level with fresh institutional demand as the immediate driver for the token.

Aug 30·3 min read·By Oliver Benjamin

News

Bitcoin Falls Below $77K After Kevin Warsh Speech Boosts September Hike Odds

Bitcoin fell below $77,000 in the hours after Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's Jackson Hole speech, as traders repriced September rate-hike odds to roughly 60% from about 35% and pulled liquidity out of risk assets.

Aug 30·3 min read·By Oliver Benjamin

Risk

Cosmos Labs says it mistakenly cleared the bug behind a $5.7 million six-chain hack

Cosmos Labs has acknowledged that a bug it previously reviewed and cleared was later tied to a $5. 7 million exploit that spread across six chains, turning a triage error into a multi-network security incident.

Aug 29·2 min read·By Oliver Benjamin

Risk

North Korea Hackers Bitcoin Move Raises Risk Flags

North Korea-linked hackers moved roughly $19. 4 million in Bitcoin after a stretch of wallet dormancy, reviving questions about laundering flows and on-chain monitoring rather than confirming any fresh exploit.

Aug 29·2 min read·By Oliver Benjamin

News

ProShares XRP ETF Appears in SEC Filing as U.S. XRP Fund Market Grows

A ProShares XRP ETF has surfaced in an SEC filing, adding another data point to a growing set of U. S.

Aug 29·2 min read·By Oliver Benjamin

News

Ethereum ETFs Take $226M in a Day, Nearly Matching Bitcoin Inflows

Spot Ethereum ETFs absorbed roughly $226 million in net inflows across a single trading session, nearly closing the daily gap with spot Bitcoin funds and marking a standout day for Ethereum ETF inflows.

Aug 29·2 min read·By Oliver Benjamin

News

Bitcoin dips to $78.4K as Fed's Warsh downplays softer inflation

Bitcoin dipped to $78. 4K after Federal Reserve official Kevin Warsh downplayed a run of softer inflation prints, prompting rate-sensitive traders to pare back bets on looser monetary conditions and trim exposure to crypto risk.

Aug 29·3 min read·By Oliver Benjamin

Risk

The Sandbox Pledges 1:1 SAND Repayment After Bridge Exploit

The Sandbox has pledged a 1:1 SAND repayment to affected users after a bridge exploit minted unbacked SAND across Base and BNB Chain, moving to make holders whole while it contains the fallout on its cross-chain infrastructure.

Aug 28·2 min read·By Oliver Benjamin

Infrastructure

Circle Adds Native USDC, EURC and CCTP Support to Plasma

Circle is adding native USDC, native EURC, and its Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP) to Plasma, extending first-party stablecoin settlement and canonical cross-chain transfer rails to the network.

Aug 28·2 min read·By Oliver Benjamin

Liquidity

ETH ETFs Pull In $713M This Week, Closing Gap With Bitcoin's $884M

Ethereum ETFs pulled in $713 million in weekly inflows, running just behind Bitcoin's $884 million and narrowing the ETH ETF inflows gap between the two products to $171 million for the week.

Aug 28·2 min read·By Oliver Benjamin

News

Bitcoin Tests $80,000 Supply Wall Near ETF Holders' Average Price

Bitcoin is testing its largest overhead supply wall at $80,000, a zone that sits close to the average cost basis of spot Bitcoin ETF holders and turns the level into a shared line in the sand for both technical traders and the institutional cohort.

Aug 28·3 min read·By Oliver Benjamin