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Olivier Acuna

Articles by Olivier Acuna

International finance watchdog warns stablecoins are increasingly used in sanctions evasion and money laundering

CryptoMarch 4, 2026

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) said that stablecoins are the most popular virtual asset used in illicit transactions, including Iran and North Korea, and therefore calling for stricter oversiâ...

South Korea investigates seed phrase leak in photo leading to $4.8 million crypto theft from tax authority

CryptoMarch 3, 2026

South Korean tax authorities lost $4.8 million of seized crypto after displaying the relevant wallets' seed phrases in a photograph covering the Feb. 26 event. The crypto was taken immediately afterâ...

Qivalis in talks with crypto exchanges ahead of euro stablecoin launch

CryptoMarch 3, 2026

Qivalis, the group of European Union banks developing a MiCA-compliant euro stablecoin, is in advanced discussions with crypto exchanges, market makers and liquidity providers as it prepares to roll â...

Tom Lee's Bitmine boosts ether holdings to 4.47 million tokens with $98 million ETH purchase

CryptoMarch 3, 2026

Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) on Monday reported purchasing nearly 51,000 more ETH tokens last week, increasing its holdings to 4.474 million. "In the midst of this 'mini crypto winter,' ourâ...

Robinhood believes yields should be passed on to the customer, criticizes traditional finance

CryptoFebruary 12, 2026

Stablecoin yields should be passed on to the consumer, Robinhood General Manager Johann Kerbrat said Wednesday at CoinDesk's Consensus Hong Kong conference. Kerbrat also said it should be up to cons…...

Fugitive foreigner sentenced in the U.S. to 20 years for $73 million crypto scam

CryptoFebruary 11, 2026

A federal judge in California sentenced in absentia a dual national of China and St. Kitts and Nevis to 20 years in prison for his role in a $73 million international crypto scam. Daren Li, who is a…...

Crypto.com founder buys ai.com for record $70 million: FT

CryptoFebruary 10, 2026

Kris Marszalek, the founder and CEO of crypto exchange Crypto.com, spent $70 million to buy ai.com, the highest publicly disclosed price paid for a website domain, the FT reported. The acquisition s…...

Russia’s largest bank, Sberbank, prepares to issue crypto-backed loans

CryptoFebruary 7, 2026

Russias largest bank, Sberbank, is moving toward offering loans secured by cryptocurrency and said Friday it is prepared to coordinate with the countrys central bank on shaping the necessary regulato…...

Institutions don't want more risk—they want bitcoin yield that works like TradFi, says GlobalStake co-founder

CryptoFebruary 6, 2026

Institutional attitudes toward bitcoin yield are beginning to shift and there is now renewed interest in BTC rewards after years of skepticism driven by smart-contract risk, leverage, and opaque stra…...

Newly unsealed DOJ files link Jeffrey Epstein to a 2014 investment in Coinbase

CryptoFebruary 5, 2026

Newly unsealed Justice Department documents reveal that Coinbase co-founder Fred Ehrsam was involved in emails regarding a $3 million investment from Jeffrey Epstein in 2014, long after Epstein's ini…...