Francisco Rodrigues

Francisco is a reporter for CoinDesk with a passion for cryptocurrencies and personal finance. Before joining CoinDesk he worked at major financial and crypto publications. He owns bitcoin, ether, solana, and PAXG above CoinDesk's $1,000 disclosure threshold.

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Policy

Global financial watchdog calls for cross-border information sharing, planning for stablecoin crisis

Coins jointly issued by multiple companies can trap reserves in one jurisdiction while redemption demands hit another, complicating cross-border crisis response.

Laptop, calculator and documents on table (Jakub Żerdzicki/UJnsplash)

Finance

South Korea just got its first traditional bank loans backed by bitcoin

Loans use third-party custodians for bitcoin holdings and rely on court-ordered sales if borrowers default.

South Korea flag  (Daniel Bernard/Unsplash)

Markets

U.S. inflation, Ethereum upgrade talks: Crypto Week Ahead

Your look at what's coming in the week starting Oct. 12.

Graphic showing ethereum symbol on a grid with screens. (Ethereum)

Finance

Bitcoin Suisse plans to cut up to half its Swiss jobs as it shifts work abroad

The company is closing its Copenhagen IT site while maintaining Bratislava and opening a new hub in Vietnam to reduce costs.

Switzerland flag (Stephen Leonardi/Unsplash)

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Finance

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK lands $97 million donations from two crypto billionaires in 24 hours

The combined haul equals the largest individual political donations in U.K. history, sharply scaling up crypto industry backing.

Nigel Farage (Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons)

Finance

Europe’s top regulator questions Polymarket and Kalshi’s EU access, warns of authorization gaps

ESMA said that event contracts may fall under existing EU binary-options bans, crypto-asset frameworks like MiCA or national gambling laws.

Kalshi website shown on a laptop.

Finance

Nasdaq, Boerse Stuttgart, others ask EU to remove or increase cap in tokenization trial

The coalition warned that the current limit is too low, noting some existing European projects already exceed it.

European Parliament building (Guillaume Périgois/Unsplash)

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Crypto Daybook Americas

Bitcoin traders dial down bullish plays ahead of U.S. inflation data

Your day-ahead look for Sept. 10, 2026

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Finance

Consensys to split MetaMask into its own firm while staying silent on IPO

The existing company, Consensys Software Inc., will rebrand as MetaMask under Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin as chairman and CEO.

Joe Lubin speaking at Consensus 2024 by CoinDesk. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk/Suzanne Cordiero)