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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Finanza

BNY targets $8.6 trillion transfer agency market on blockchain rails

The world’s largest custodian will keep its existing system while adding a digital ownership record for tokenized funds.

BNY office (BNY/Press)

Diario Cripto Americas

3 reasons Wednesday's Fed meeting is pivotal for BTC

Your day-ahead look for July 29, 2026

Federal Reserve logo highlighted on a U.S. banknote

Politiche

Russia outlines new digital depository rules ahead of fall crypto framework roll-out

The central bank's draft rules require digital asset platforms to hold up to $2.8 million in liquid capital as a sweeping regulatory framework looms.

Bank of Russia in Moscow. (Ludvig14/Wikimedia Commons)

Finanza

Binance makes fighting crypto crime more difficult, says new report

The New York Times says a quiet change to Binance's compliance rules is forcing international law enforcement to navigate slow-moving government treaties to get user data.

(Vadim Artyukhin/Unsplash)

Pubblicità

Finanza

BitMEX and BitMart may be first casualties of crypto trading slump

Trading volumes across major centralized platforms fell down to $1.05 trillion, marking the quietest stretch of activity for the digital asset market in over two years.

Closed sign (Tim Mossholder/Unsplash)

Tecnologie

Lido begins moving $16.5 billion in staked ether to cut validator count by a third

The liquid staking protocol is consolidating 8 million ETH and requiring its professional node operators to post bonds for the first time.

Lido's CMV2 Upgrade (Lido/Media)


Pubblicità

Finanza

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong criticizes crypto startups that rebrand to AI

Armstrong said blockchain technology acts as a general-purpose infrastructure that will underpin future automation rather than competing with it.

Brian Armstrong speaks at Consensus 2019.

Finanza

Sam Altman-backed World Network secures $52.5 million in fresh funding to fight online AI deepfakes

The project is moving away from basic network expansion to focus entirely on integrating its biometric screening devices across enterprise software suites.

The worldcoin orb. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)