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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Mercados

Bloomberg strategist doubles down on $10,000 bitcoin call but peers say it would take a nuclear war to get there

The longtime bitcoin bear's gloom-and-doom call met with fierce rebuttal from industry analysts.

(Corbis via Getty Images)

Finanzas

European Central Bank unveils tokenized finance plan to bolster EU's financial autonomy

The Appia roadmap for a euro-based tokenized financial system is part of the European Union’s push to reduce reliance on foreign financial infrastructure.

ECB headquarters Germany. (Photo: Thomas Wolf-Wikimedia Commons/Modified by CoinDesk)

Regulación

CFTC chair highlights wide crypto agenda, including rules on DeFi, prediction markets

Commodity Futures Trading Commission chief Michael Selig updated his progress on guidance for DeFi developers, crypto derivatives and prediction markets.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Mike Selig (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finanzas

U.S. requests October retrial for Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm

Roman Storm, a Tornado Cash co-founder and developer, has criticized proceedings against him as an attempt “to make writing code a crime.”

Tornado Cash Developer Roman Storm outside the Manhattan courthouse where he is being tried for criminal money laundering (CoinDesk/Cheyenne Ligon)

Finanzas

KAST raises $80 million at $600 million valuation to expand stablecoin payments platform

Funding will support product expansion, licensing and compliance as the company scales a platform for cross-border stablecoin payments.

Crypto card payments. (Photo by Thriday on Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Regulación

U.S. Treasury signals shift on crypto mixers, acknowledges legitimate privacy uses

A congressional report on implementing the Genius Act acknowledges the existence of lawful uses for blockchain privacy tools even as U.S. regulators pursue enforcement cases tied to illicit finance.

The U.S. Treasury Department. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Publicidad

Finanzas

Kazakhstan central bank to invest $350 million worth of gold, forex reserves into digital assets

The central bank plans to invest in crypto infrastructure firms, tech stocks and funds tied to digital assets.

Astana, Kazakhstan (Credit: Viktor Hesse on Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)