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

Ripple raises $200 million from Neuberger Berman to expand its Ripple Prime platform

Ripple announced its agreement with the global investment firm Monday, noting that Ripple Prime’s revenue has tripled in the last year, when. it acquired it for $1.25 billion.

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Markets

Strategy buys 535 bitcoin for $43 million days after signaling potential BTC sales

Last week's purchases were funded by sales of the company's common stock.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk Television)

Tech

Ronin set to transition to Ethereum layer 2 from independent sidechain

The purpose behind the migration is to enhance security, tokenomics and scalability, said Ronin, which suffered the largest DeFi bridge exploit on record in 2022.

Computer keyboard with multicolored LED keys (Mateo/Unsplash)

Crypto Daybook Americas

Bitcoin funds capture $700 million as institutions place their bets

Your day-ahead look for May 11, 2026

Some coins piled on top of a $100 note.

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Finance

Canton Network’s Digital Asset targets $2 billion valuation in a16z crypto-led raise: Bloomberg

Sources familiar with the matter told Bloomberg the fundraiser is expected to close in the coming weeks and the final amount might vary.

Blockchain (Shubham Dhage/Unsplash)

Finance

It might be too late for bitcoin’s quantum migration, Project Eleven report argues

Quantum computing does not only pose a risk to up to $3 trillion in digital assets, it also threatens the security of banking systems, military communications, digital identities and more, Project Eleven’s report warns.

A perspex cube appears to radiate light across a surface designed with squares. (David Clode/Unsplash)

Finance

ECB's Lagarde’s digital euro warning: Why Europe shouldn’t just copy the U.S. stablecoin model

Lagarde warned that large stablecoins like Tether and USDC, which now dominate a $310 billion market, pose financial stability risks and could transmit stress to underlying asset markets during periods of turmoil.

ECB President Christine Lagarde. (Felix Schmidt/ECB Press)


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Finance

Coinbase blames AWS for hours-long crypto trading outage

Coinbase says the outage has been fully resolved but that it will investigate the incident fully.

The "eggs now out of budget" Coinbase ad censured by the Advertising Standards Authority. (Sheldon Reback/CoinDesk)

Finance

'DeFi is not dead,' it’s going mainstream with AI agents, crypto executives agree

DeFi and its underlying technology have already proved themselves at scale, said eToro CEO Yoni Assia.

The Securing the Next Decade of Decentralized Finance panel at Consensus Miami 2026 agreed DeFi is not only not dead, it's going mainstream. (CoinDesk)