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

Mexican billionaire with 70% of his investment portfolio in bitcoin says it's better than real estate

Ricardo Salinas Pliego, whose net worth is estimated at roughly $5 billion, is a bitcoin maximalist who told his wife to mortgage her house to buy bitcoin.

Ricardo Salinas Pliego (CoinDesk)

Finance

Fifth-generation Kanoo group member is moving a $6 trillion trade market onto blockchain rails

Abdulla Kanoo says his ARP Digital firm is building settlement infrastructure for the growing flow of trade between emerging economies, a market that could reach $32 trillion by 2030.

(Kanoo Group)

Finance

Forget retail traders: The real multi-trillion-dollar crypto future is building infrastructure for machines

While legacy banks keep corporate money idled in slow regional accounts, a new protocol allows software systems to settle multi-currency trade instantly.

Bernardo Bilotta, Stables CEO and Founder. (Olivier Acuna/CoinDesk)

Markets

Wall Street and crypto are crashing into each other as tokenized treasury markets hit $14.6 billion

Not all crypto exchange executives agree, but the data does not lie: centralized exchange trading volumes dropped more than 11% to $4.61 trillion, their lowest since late 2024.

Wall Street. (Daniel Lloyd/Unsplash)

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Markets

Bitcoin hit bottom at $59,000 marking end to the crypto winter, says Standard Chartered analyst

Senior market analyst Geoffrey Kendrick pointed to the SpaceX IPO and a potential U.S.-Iran peace deal as the dual catalysts ending the recent crypto selloff.

(Shkuru Afshar/Wikimedia Commons)

Finance

Banking rails are moving past the 'stablecoin winner' narrative: Sygnum

Digital asset bank Sygnum says institutional clients want multiple tokenized cash instruments operating interchangeably on a single platform.

UBS HQ Zurich (JaierRT/Wikimedia Commons)

Finance

Tether leads $1.4 billion funding round in German robotics company Neura

The investment is part of the stablecoin giant’s expansion into industries outside of crypto.

Robotics. (Gabimedia/Pixabay)

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Policy

Japan’s parliament poised to pass sweeping bill to regulate crypto like stocks

The new rules, which are expected to come into effect in 2027, aim to foster innovation and crypto market growth to meet internal and external demand for digital asset services.

Japan Lower House (Kimtaro/Wikimedia Commons)