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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Japan to start stocks and bonds tokenization development plans this year

Japan's regulators are racing to modernize national settlement systems to prevent institutional investors and foreign capital from fleeing to overseas markets.

Tokyo, Japan. (Takashi Miyazaki/Unsplash)

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Live updates: Bitcoin trades in tight range above $78,000 as Nvidia tops estimates

Markets are now looking ahead to Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's keynote speech at the Jackson Hole conference on Friday.

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Las Vegas businessman convicted in $24 million 'AI supercomputer' crypto Ponzi scheme

Brent Kovar has been found guilty of running a crypto Ponzi scheme, defrauding at least 400 investors out of $24 million.

Las Vegas, Nevada (Glaucia/Pixabay)

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Solana ETFs extend growth streak to 5 days after year's biggest inflows

Monday's $33.5 million was the largest single-day inflow since December, pushing cumulative net inflows to a record $1.22 billion and trading volume to $166.8 million.

Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko (CoinDesk)

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Franklin Templeton and Hashkey roll out U.S. tokenized money fund in Asia

Tokenized U.S. treasury and money market funds are one of the fastest-growing segments in the digital asset markets, growing fifteenfold in two years.

Franklin Templeton Headquarters in San Mateo, Ca. (BrokenSphere/Wikimedia Commons)

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Live updates: Bitcoin settles in under $80,000, with interest rates headed lower on Tuesday

Spot bitcoin funds took in $337.56 million on Aug. 24, extending an unbroken run of inflows that has now put real money behind a rally that started with a short squeeze.

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Standard Chartered becomes first bank to distribute Hong Kong dollar stablecoin

The London-based multinational bank with $850 billion in assets announced it will distribute Anchorpoint's HKDAP to eligible clients and partners.

Standard Chartered London (Shkuru Afshar/Wikimedia Commons)

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Financial repression: The new buzzword for bitcoin bulls

Your day-ahead look for Aug. 24, 2026

U.S. Department of the Treasury headquarters in Washington (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Analysts split on whether Bitcoin's surge past key levels signals a new bull run

Market watchers say sudden sharp price spikes and forced short liquidations are the classic signs of a bottom, though macro risks still remain.

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