Olivier Acuna

Articles by Olivier Acuna

Bitcoin got stuck after slumping 30% from its peak. Here's why.

Crypto January 1, 2026

Bitcoins BTC $88,865.89 bull run in 2025 was expected to be historic, with some industry experts suggesting the largest cryptocurrency would reach highs of $180,000-$200,000 by year-end. Historic iοΏ½...

Bitwise files for 11 'strategy' ETFs, tracking tokens including AAVE, ZEC, TAO

Crypto January 1, 2026

Crypto asset manager Bitwise filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to introduce 11 crypto "strategy" exchange-traded funds (ETFs) including aave AAVE $149.34, uniswap UNI $5.9143, οΏ½...

David Beckham-backed Prenetics ditches bitcoin purchase

Crypto December 31, 2025

Prenetics (PRE), a health-sciences company that raised $48 million earlier this year, partially to build a bitcoin treasury, said it decided to stop purchasing BTC amid prolonged weakness in the crypοΏ½...

South Korea’s long-awaited crypto law stalls over who can issue stablecoins

Crypto December 31, 2025

South Koreas long-awaited Digital Asset Basic Act (DABA), a sweeping framework meant to govern crypto trading and issuance in one of Asias most active digital asset markets, has been delayed amid disοΏ½...

Grayscale files for first U.S. Bittensor ETP as decentralized AI gains momentum

Crypto December 31, 2025

Grayscale is aiming to give U.S. investors exposure to Bittensors TAO, pushing decentralized artificial intelligence further into mainstream crypto markets. The digital asset manager filed an initiaοΏ½...

Unleash Protocol hit by $3.9 million exploit with funds routed through Tornado Cash

Crypto December 31, 2025

Unleash Protocol, an intellectual property finance platform built on the Story ecosystem, lost about $3.9 million in a security breach, according to blockchain security firm PeckShield. The attackerοΏ½...

In 2025, bitcoin showed how spectacularly wrong price forecasts can be

Crypto December 31, 2025

2025 is drawing to an end with few crypto market stories more dramatic than the Oct. 10 flash crash," when bitcoin BTC $87,923.46 plunged $12,000, or nearly 10%, in minutes. The meltdown triggered mοΏ½...

Flow scraps blockchain 'rollback' plan after community backlash over decentralization

Crypto December 30, 2025

The layer-1 network, Flow, scrapped plans to roll back its blockchain following a $3.9 million exploit, reversing course after pushback from ecosystem partners who warned that rewriting chain historyοΏ½...

Sberbank issues Russia's first crypto-backed loan to bitcoin miner Intelion Data

Crypto December 30, 2025

Sberbank, Russias second-largest bank, issued the country's first bitcoin-backed loan to one of its largest bitcoin miners, calling the transaction a pilot and suggesting it was keen to issue more inοΏ½...

Sling Money receives approval to offer crypto services in UK as stablecoin payments gain popularity

Crypto December 25, 2025

Avian Labs, the company behind crypto payments service Sling Money, received approval to operate as a crypto services provider from the U.K.s Financial Conduct Authority, expanding its reach in EuropοΏ½...