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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Crypto Daybook Americas

Fear is fading across markets, be it bitcoin, stocks, gold or bonds

Your day-ahead look for Aug. 14, 2026

Implied volatility indexes in major markets. (TradingView)

Finance

RedotPay said to put $1 billion U.S. IPO plan on hold: Bloomberg

A spokesperson for the stablecoin payments company declined to comment on any IPO plans.

Front of the New York Stock Exchange (Irvin Liang/Unsplash)

Tech

Live updates: Bitcoin slips back to $63,000; MSCI threatens to exclude Strategy from indices

WTI crude tops $82 a barrel, adding inflation pressure and weighing on risk assets as bond yields rise.

BTC price past 24 hours

Tech

Trezor warns 14,000 customers after fulfilment partner suffers data breach

The incident marks the first time Trezor customers' shipping addresses were exposed.

Silhouette image of a hooded figure behind three screens.  (geralt/Pixabay)

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Finance

Kalshi in talks with Sequoia, Wellington for $750 million fund raise at $40 billion valuation

The prediction-market platform raised $1 billion at a $22 billion valuation in May and is now discussing a new round that could nearly double that figure.

Luana Lopes Lara, Co-founder And COO, Kalshi (Getty Images/Anna Webber)

Finance

Crypto platform operator gets 15-year prison sentence in South Korea due to $50 million scam

A South Korean court sentenced the head of centralized finance (CeFi) lender Delio to 15 years in prison for embezzling digital assets from more than 1,100 customers.

Prison. (Matthew Ansley/ Unsplash)

Finance

Goldman Sachs leaps into bitcoin income ETFs with $2.25 billion NEOS buyout

The $2.25 billion deal expands Goldman’s derivative platform to $130 billion in total ETF assets, taking direct aim at BlackRock's rival BITA fund, according to an analyst.

Goldman Sachs (GS/Wikimedia Commons)

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Policy

FlightAware drops Kalshi lawsuit over a market niche that data shows it never took off

The flight-tracking company voluntarily dismissed, without prejudice and without sharing a motive for its decision. However, the flight cancellation market never took off with Kalshi users.

Ground airplane. Kalshi flight cancellations market. (Bao Menglong /Unsplash)