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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Binance tells EU users it will no longer provide services after failing to secure MiCA license

A day after withdrawing its MiCA license application in Greece and saying it is ‘not leaving Europe,’ Binance notified users across the European Union that it will suspend some services.

European Union Flag (Christian Lue/Unsplash)

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a16z-backed crypto firm rebrands, shifts focus to solving AI’s global copyright headache

The startup formerly known as Story Protocol raised $140 million to secure internet rights and is now building an audit layer for data consent, licensing, and provenance for tech firms.

DATA Foundation CDO Avi Patel. (DATA Foundation/Media)

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Circle and Nomura join forces to target a $440 billion daily foreign exchange market in Japan

The stablecoin giant and the Japanese financial corporation plan to deploy cross-border foreign exchange settlements as early as next year.

Nomura office block. (Hamihoko/Wikimedia Commons)

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Binance withdraws Greek MiCA bid but vows to remain in Europe

The crypto giant must find a home base in the EU by July 1 or regulators will force the company to shut down operations for millions of regional users.

ESMA headquarters, white office block.

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Ex-FCA policy insider explains the ‘great divide’ in the UK’s crypto ambition

Former FCA policymaker and Hedera Global Policy VP, Isadora Arredondo says there is a gap between the U.K.'s crypto ambitions and how policy is carried out in practice.

Isadora Arredondo. Hedera (Isadora Arredondo)

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Bitcoin just broke below the floor of its famous Rainbow Chart into the ‘BTC is dead’ zone

A 50% drop from recent highs has pushed the asset into a zone historically labeled as a dead end, sparking a debate among crypto analysts.

Rainbow Chart (Blockchaincenter.net)

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A trader checks his phone while sitting in front of a screen with charts. (Pixabay)

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Chainlink teams up with 47 South Korean, European banks to speed up international money transfers

The alliance, called Project Pangea, plans to use stablecoins to settle multimillion-dollar currency trades between Europe and South Korea in near real time.

Niki Ariyasinghe, Chainlink’s vice president of Asia-Pacific and the Middle East. (Chainlink/Media)