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

Stablecoins, bitcoin could reshape finance, Stanley Druckenmiller says

The billionaire investor said stablecoins could become the whole payment system in 10-15 years, and reiterated that crypto might replace the U.S. dollar as the global reserve currency.

Stanley Druckenmiller in 2016

Finance

U.S. sanctions 6 people, 2 companies that laundered $800 million in crypto for North Korea

The Treasury Department said North Korea infiltrated IT workers into U.S. businesses and channeled their wages back to the country to fund weapons of mass destruction programs.

The U.S. Treasury Department. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

Stricter MiCA rules could thin crypto industry across the EU, says Swiss wealth manager

Crypto wealth manager Swissborg gets MiCA approval and prepares to move its European operations to France while targeting growth in markets including Germany, Italy and Spain.

EU. (Credit: Guillaume Périgois-Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Finance

Alleged Ponzi scheme victims sue JPMorgan for banking supposed $328 million scam

The proposed class action suit said Chase provided “the essential banking infrastructure” for Goliath Ventures’ alleged fraud, despite red flags it claims made the scheme “obvious.”

JPMorgan Building

Markets

Bloomberg strategist doubles down on $10,000 bitcoin call but peers say it would take a nuclear war to get there

The longtime bitcoin bear's gloom-and-doom call met with fierce rebuttal from industry analysts.

(Corbis via Getty Images)

Finance

European Central Bank unveils tokenized finance plan to bolster EU's financial autonomy

The Appia roadmap for a euro-based tokenized financial system is part of the European Union’s push to reduce reliance on foreign financial infrastructure.

ECB headquarters Germany. (Photo: Thomas Wolf-Wikimedia Commons/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Policy

CFTC chair highlights wide crypto agenda, including rules on DeFi, prediction markets

Commodity Futures Trading Commission chief Michael Selig updated his progress on guidance for DeFi developers, crypto derivatives and prediction markets.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Mike Selig (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)