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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Technologies

Here's how one decentralized cloud provider says private citizens can make money from AI

Titan Network says its crowdsourced computing network has signed tech giants like Tencent and Alibaba as clients, saving them as much 75% on AI costs.

River Davis (Olivier Acuna/CoinDesk)

Marchés

Tom Lee calls Strategy's bitcoin sale classic 'bottom behavior'

Bitmine Immersion Technologies chairman said minor sales from key holders and institutional outflows are typical market bottom behaviors rather than structural threats.

Tom Lee (Olivier Acuna/CoinDesk)

Marchés

Citi predicts the tokenized securities market will grow to $5.5 trillion by 2030

Stablecoins alone will generate a demand for up to $1 trillion worth of onchain U.S. Treasury bills and $2.6 trillion for tokenized stocks, said Citi.

Citibank (Citibank)

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Finance

Wall Street’s trillion-dollar dilemma: Why AI-powered hackers are keeping big banks off the blockchain

CertiK CEO and co-founder Ronghui Gu says April was the worst month for DeFi in four years with exploits on 27 out of 30 days.

CertiK's Ronghui Gu (Ronghui Gu for CoinDesk)

Finance

When the market is bad, we build: Inside Binance’s bold 2030 master plan

Established crypto firms will merge with traditional finance, but neither Wall Street bankers nor corporate giants will take over the crypto industry, said Binance’s Head of VIP and Institutional, Catherine Chen.

Catherine Chen. Binance Head of VIP & Instittutional (Binance/Press)

Technologies

Mass deployment of AI agents is a disaster waiting to happen, says CertiK CEO

Ronghui Gu shares tips on how to isolate AI agents while testing them so they do not have access to critical personal information or digital assets.

CertiK co-founder and CEO Ronghui Gu. (Ronghui Gu)

Juridique

Paxos wins SEC approval to clear U.S. stocks on blockchain

Paxos new license positions it alongside legacy giants such as DTCC and makes it a compelling, more efficient alternative for traditional finance giants than legacy competitors.

Paxos CEO Charles Cascarilla (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Juridique

Kalshi follows CFTC in suing Minnesota over law criminalizing prediction markets

The Governor of Minnesota signed into law a measure that, starting Aug. 1, makes it a crime to advertise and operate prediction market platforms across the state.

Minnesota federal courtroom. (Jonathunder/Wikimedia Commons)