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

Live updates: Bitcoin pulls back to $84,000 as bond yields fly higher

The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield has soared 18 basis points on Wednesday to its highest level since 2007.

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Finance

BitMEX shuts down: perpetuals pioneer officially closes it doors after 11 years

The exchange, co-founded by Arthur Hayes, stopped trading and deposits, but says users can still log in and withdraw funds as its wind-down continues.

Arthur Hayes (CoinDesk)

Finance

FTX, Alameda-linked wallets send $75 million in ether to Wintermute, onchain data shows

Onchain analysts PeckShield and EmberCN say the funds moved to a Wintermute wallet, but neither a sale nor the purpose of the transfer have been confirmed.

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried and Lauren Remington Platt (FTX)

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Finance

Canada's 'Big Six' banks to launch interbank tokenized deposit initiative

Initial testing will focus on moving digital commercial deposits across participating institutions before linking to broader digital asset ecosystems.

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Policy

European central banks push to expand stablecoin yield ban to crypto lending and staking

Central bankers argue that indirect yield structures blur the line between electronic payment tokens and commercial bank deposits, distorting financial system competition.

ECB building lit up at night. (Kiefer/Wikimedia Commons)

Finance

Why Payward-backed Reap is betting on non-USD stablecoins for 24/7 cross-border FX settlement

Reap is preparing to add a Mexican peso stablecoin and is exploring Hong Kong dollar, euro, won and yen tokens for foreign exchange outside banking hours.

bank notes different countries. (Jason Leung/Unsplash)


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Policy

Binance probed by U.S. federal prosecutors for sanctions violations: Bloomberg

Federal prosecutors in Manhattan and the Justice Department are said to be investigating whether the crypto exchange knowingly permitted users to bypass U.S. sanctions on Iran.

"Department of Justice" on the side of a building. (Shutterstock)

Policy

ECB plans to buy tokenized bonds with its own funds

The European Central Bank rolled out a new system to link its payment system to blockchain-based financial markets.

EU central bank (Guillaume Périgois/Unsplash)