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

Coinbase-backed Stand With Crypto calls on members to campaign against banks blocking digital asset transactions

Stand With Crypto UK is telling its members to file formal complaints with high-street banks over sector-wide transfer bans.

(SWC/Coinbase)

Finance

Netomi CEO says $5 trillion AI customer experience market could boost stablecoin demand

Puneet Mehta, a former high-level Wall Street engineer and data scientist, said the rapid expansion of AI enterprise software will increase demand for stablecoins and blockchain.

CoinDesk

Marchés

Kalshi now requires users to reveal employers as it fights insider trading and market manipulation

The prediction markets platform introduced new measures on Tuesday that it said will apply to markets it considers are likely to face higher risks of insider trading and abuse.

Charts, graph. (Adam Smigielski/Unsplash)

Finance

Trad.Fi, W3 target $650 million in onchain private credit using AI evaluation

Equipment-financing lender Trad.Fi is working with W3 to automate capital workflows and bring real-economy business lending onto public blockchain rails.

Onchain credit. (Markus Winkler/Unsplash)

Finance

Wall Street will run entirely on the blockchain by 2030, says Brickken CEO

Edwin Mata argues that EU regulations are choking local startups, leaving the U.S. and automated AI tools to run the future of tokenized finance.

Edwin Mata. Brickken. (Olivier Acuna/CoinDesk)

Finance

The startup killer: Ledger CTO says the EU's crushing compliance costs are choking Web3 innovation

Industry insiders warn that MiCA's steep financial barriers are choking early-stage innovation.

Charles Guillemet. Ledger CTO. (Olivier Acuna/CoinDesk)

Publicité

Finance

Aave chief defends protocol's 'resilience' after $8.45 billion bank run

The founder of the largest DeFi platform blamed "third-party” entities for decentralized finance’s vulnerabilities, while independent data highlights severe gaps in Aave’s own risk architecture.

Stani Kulechov, Aave Labs (Olivier Acuna/CoinDesk)

Marchés

Bybit challenges Wall Street with a massive push into tokenized U.S. stock IPOs

Retail investors can now buy shares at official underwritten prices through the crypto exchange, bypassing Wall Street’s exclusive pre-IPO clubs.

Starlink Mission. (Official SpaceX Photos/flickr)