Olivier Acuna

A breaking news reporter and generalist at Coindesk, Olivier has been a journalist since 1984. He worked for UPI, AP, the Guardian, ITV News and several other major news organizations, covering everything from sports, finance, business to global affairs, politics, elections, economy and organized crime. He dove into crypto and Web3 in 2018 and has been intensely involved in the space since. He holds a MA in Broadcast Journalism from U.K.’s Birmingham City University and a postgraduate marketing diploma from King’s College London. He holds XION and AP3X.

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Policy

Arizona Attorney General files criminal charges against prediction market Kalshi

Kris Mayes filed 20 criminal counts against the prediction market operator, escalating a multi-state legal clash over sports and election predictions markets.

Gambling roulette chips betting casino chance. (Pixabay)

Tech

Sam Altman's World teams up with Coinbase to prove there is a real person behind every AI transaction

World said some estimates suggest agentic commerce could reach $3 trillion to $5 trillion by 2030, with agents accounting for up to 25% of U.S. e-commerce.

Worldcoin co-founders Alex Blania and Sam Altman (Marc Olivier/Worldcoin)

Finance

Mastercard agrees to buy stablecoin platform BVNK for up to $1.8 billion

Payments giant Mastercard moves to bridge fiat and crypto with $1.8 billion acquisition of the U.K. based stablecoin startup.

Two Mastercard branded credit cards (Mastercard)


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Finance

Man accuses wife of using CCTV cameras to steal $172 million bitcoin from his hardware wallet

The alleged theft of 2,323 bitcoin has triggered a High Court dispute testing how English property law applies to digital assets.

(Credit: Mahosadha Ong-Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Institutions had ‘diamond hands’ during bitcoin's 50% plunge, Bitwise's Matt Hougan says

“The wildest thing about my $1 million prediction is that it's not wild at all,” said the digital asset fund manager's CIO.

Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan (CoinDesk Archives)

Finance

U.S., UK, Canada start Operation Atlantic to disrupt crypto approval-phishing scams

International law enforcement effort targets approval-phishing schemes tied to crypto investment fraud.

(Credit: U.S. Secret Service-Wikimedia Commons/Modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

SEC drops lawsuit against BitClout’s Nader Al-Naji

The regulator ended its civil enforcement case accusing the DeSo creator of wire fraud and selling unregistered crypto securities.

Securities and Exchange Commission building

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Markets

Bitwise’s Matt Hougan revisits $1 million bitcoin — analysts agree but debate his timeline

Hougan says bitcoin could reach that milestone if it captures a larger share of the global store-of-value market, though analysts say it would likely take years of institutional adoption and macro shifts.

Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan (Suzanne Cordiero/CoinDesk/Shutterstock)