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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Finance

How Brooklyn prosecutors and the FBI took down a massive crypto fraud network targeting Russian speakers

The scheme allegedly stole tens of millions through Russian-language Facebook ads and fake advisers, then went after victims again with fake recovery offers.

Hackers and scammers. (Boitumelo/Unsplash)

Finance

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Live updates: Bitcoin bounces back to $82,000 after first fall below $80,000 in one month

Stocks also turned positive after big early losses, helped by sharply lower bond yields.

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Finance

Standard Chartered unlocks direct bitcoin and ether trading for affluent UAE clients

The bank manages custody and settlement in-house via a closed-loop model, removing the need for separate crypto wallets.

Standard Chartered London (Shkuru Afshar/Wikimedia Commons)

Markets

Bitcoin, ether slip and rebound as South Korean stocks slide on AI-related concerns

Investors are positioning ahead of today's bank earnings reports and Wednesday’s U.S. inflation data.

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Finance

Russia’s largest bank Sberbank secures approval to trade crypto

Sberbank plans to open crypto trading to all clients Dec. 1 and is already testing BTC, ETH and USDT trades in its app.

Sberbank branch in Brno (Perituss/Wikimedia Commons)

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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.

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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)