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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Finance

Freezing 5.6 million dormant bitcoin could trigger ‘worst’ single-day repricing

Maximalists warn freezing 5.6M BTC risks instant sell-offs, while others say quantum threats leave no alternative.

Heading of Bitcoin Whitepaper

Markets

Michael Saylor says the bitcoin winter is over. Some experts agree, with caveats.

Market analyst Mati Greenspan said bitcoin has not gone through a “winter,” rather a pullback within a broader bull market, adding the next leg up for bitcoin will be driven by nation-state adoption.

MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk)

Finance

BIS warns cryptocurrency exchanges are becoming ‘shadow banks,’ and why that's a risk

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) released a report warning stablecoin yields and other DeFi “earn” products are bank-like services without the safeguards or insurance.

BIS Tower. (BIS/Media Gallery)

Markets

U.S. military runs Bitcoin node, sees crypto as power projection versus China

Admiral Samuel Paparo, head of US Indo-Pacific Command, told two congressional panels this week that the military is running a live Bitcoin node for cybersecurity testing and views the protocol as a tool of national power in competition with China.

Digital representation of a physical bitcoin.

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Policy

Sam Bankman-Fried withdraws retrial motion. He believes he would not get a fair trial.

The founder of the collapsed crypto exchange FTX said he might file for a retrial after a decision on his appeal is ruled upon.

Sam Bankman-Fried (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Trump-linked American Bitcoin shares spike over 12% after announcing more mining power

The Trump family-linked mining and treasury company announced 11,298 additional bitcoin mining ASICs at its Drumheller site.

An engineer works with bitcoin mining rigs (Shutterstock)

Tech

Lazarus Group has become especially dangerous with new Mach-O Man attack: CertiK

North Korea's Lazarus Group has a new attack vector that allows it to exploit an apparently routine business call as a gateway into a target's systems.

Close up of hands typing on a keyboard in a darkened room.

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Finance

Mob boss John Gotti’s grandson is headed to prison for a $1.1 million Covid fraud and crypto scheme

The mob boss’ grandson defrauded the U.S. government’s Covid-19 relief system out of $1.1 million and invested at least half of it to invest in crypto businesses.

Mob boss John Gotti (Getty Images)