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

Standard Chartered is looking to take over crypto custody provider Zodia: Bloomberg

While the British financial institution refused to comment on potential takeover plans, sources close to the matter revealed that plans are in place and could be announced as soon as this month.

Standard Chartered Bank Building, Hong Kong

Policy

White House study bolsters crypto's stance in stablecoin yield fight against bankers

White House economists said banning rewards wouldn't significantly boost banks' financial health, amplifying the crypto industry view in the Clarity Act debate.

White House (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Tech

Bitcoin’s quantum threat is distant, but migration clock is ticking, says Adam Back

Researchers are advancing post-quantum protections even as current hardware remains far from breaking crypto systems

Blockstream CEO Adam Back at Consensus Hong Kong in February (CoinDesk/Personae Digital)

Markets

Ceasefire lifts bitcoin, but animal spirits may not return just yet

Bitcoin clears a key technical hurdle and eyes $76,000 as a temporary ceasefire with Iran and Morgan Stanley’s landmark ETF debut restore market confidence.

Top crypto movers (CoinDesk Data)

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Finance

Six Swiss banks join forces to build a unified digital franc

The initiative brings major lenders together to trial Swiss franc stablecoin in controlled environment with real transactions

UBS, the Swiss banking giant. (Photo by Claudio Schwarz on Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Argentine President Milei’s call logs link him to multimillion-dollar Libra rug pull: NYT

Court records show repeated contact with a key operator before and after the token’s launch as prosecutors examine his role

Argentine President Javier Milei to the right. (Argentina Presidential Press Office)

Finance

Trump-linked World Liberty faces scrutiny over ties to sanctioned network: The Times

A deal with an Asia-based blockchain project followed recent links to individuals later sanctioned over alleged ties to a major fraud network

Consensus 2025: Zak Folkman, Eric Trump

Finance

Americans’ losses to crypto scams rose to over $11 billion last year, FBI reports

Fraud schemes grew more sophisticated and targeted larger sums than in 2024.

FBI Headquarters Washington, D.C. (Wikimedia Commons/CoinDesk)

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Finance

Bitcoin quantum threat is real and closer than it looks, says Nobel prize winning physicist

Former Google quantum hardware leader and winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics, John Martinis, warns that breaking encryption will be among the earliest uses of quantum computing

(Planet Volumes-Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)