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Round-the-Clock Updates from a Global Desk
Tuesday, 10 March, 2026
Miami, Florida, USA

Olivier Acuna

Articles by Olivier Acuna

U.S. Treasury signals shift on crypto mixers, acknowledges legitimate privacy uses

CryptoMarch 10, 2026

After years of opposition to crypto mixers, the onchain services that obfuscate digital asset transactions, the U.S. Treasury Department now says they may have legitimate privacy uses as well as thei�...

KAST raises $80 million at $600 million valuation to expand stablecoin payments platform

CryptoMarch 10, 2026

KAST, a stablecoin-powered financial platform focused on cross-border payments, raised $80 million in Series A funding led by QED Investors and Left Lane Capital, the company announced on Monday. Th�...

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�...

Nomura defends crypto strategy as it limits short-term volatility at Laser Digital

CryptoFebruary 5, 2026

Nomura Holdings pushed back against suggestions it is losing confidence in crypto, saying tighter risk controls at its Laser Digital unit are designed to limit short-term earning swings while it focu�...

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�...

Russia's biggest bitcoin mining firm's founder arrested for tax evasion while his company faces bankruptcy

CryptoFebruary 3, 2026

Igor Runets, who founded Russias largest crypto mining firm BitRiver, is under house arrest on tax evasion charges, Bloomberg reported on Monday. Runets was detained on Friday and is facing three cha�...