Olivier Acuna

Articles by Olivier Acuna

Ripple's preliminary crypto asset provider license in Luxembourg upgraded to fully compliant

Crypto July 7, 2026

Ripple said Monday that Luxembourg upgraded its preliminary Crypto-Asset Service Provider (CASP) authorization under the European Unions (EU) Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulations to a full licοΏ½...

Europe's MiCA rollout sparks debate over who wins under new crypto rules

Crypto July 2, 2026

"A MiCA license is not something you can buy because you have money and power," he said. "It is making sure every process is fully transparent." Still, Fazel acknowledged the new rules will be hardeοΏ½...

Trust in crypto remains biggest barrier to adoption, say Consensus Miami 2026 panelists

Crypto May 6, 2026

Trust remains a primary barrier to broader crypto adoption, according to representatives from the National Cryptocurrency Association, Circle, U.S. Bank and ChangeNOW at Consensus 2026 in Miami. AliοΏ½...

Tether posts $1.04 billion Q1 profit, reaches $8.23 billion reserve buffer

Crypto May 2, 2026

Tether, issuer of the largest stablecoin by market capitalization, said first-quarter net profit was $1.04 billion and excess reserves increased to a record $8.23 billion. The company did not providοΏ½...

Gemini eyes prediction market challenge to Kalshi, Polymarket, secures derivatives license; shares surge

Crypto May 1, 2026

Gemini Space Station (GEMI), the crypto exchange run by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, received U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) approval for a derivatives clearinghouse (DCO) license,οΏ½...

Cross-border B2B stablecoin payments to hit $5 trillion by 2035, says Juniper Research

Crypto April 28, 2026

International stablecoin payments among businesses will total $5 trillion by 2035, fintech analysts Juniper Research said in a new report. That figure would be 373 times greater than the estimated οΏ½...

Freezing dormant BTC would trigger worst single day repricing in bitcoin’s history, says maximalist - CoinDesk

Business April 27, 2026

Freezing dormant bitcoin BTC $78,053.98 would trigger an immediate repricing and mark one of the world's oldest cryptocurrency's worst trading days since its 2009 launch, advocates told CoinDesk. BοΏ½...

Michael Saylor says the bitcoin winter is over. Some experts agree, with caveats.

Crypto April 25, 2026

Michael Saylor, executive chairman of Strategy (MSTR), the largest publicly traded holder of bitcoin BTC $77,716.43, said Thursday on X that the crypto winter is over as bitcoin held above $78,000, οΏ½...

As AI agents scale in crypto, researchers warn of a critical security gap

Crypto April 14, 2026

The cryptocurrency industry is racing toward a future where AI agents handle everything from booking flights to executing trades and making payments, but new research suggests the infrastructure undeοΏ½...

ClearBank says it's first Dutch bank with MiCA approval, rolls out EURC, USDC

Crypto April 14, 2026

ClearBank Europe plans to start offering euro- and U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoins after saying it's the first Dutch credit institution cleared to provide crypto services under the European Unions MarοΏ½...