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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Markets

SpaceX IPO powers record $3.86 billion in tokenized equities trading in June

SpaceX tokens captured $1.19 billion, or 31% of total monthly volume, with Backpack’s SPCX leading trading at $1.08 billion.

Roacket launching next to SpaceX building (SpaceX/Unsplash)

Finance

EDX Markets raises $76 million in funding round led by SBI Holdings

EDX’s model targets institutional clients by separating trading from custody through a central clearinghouse to minimize counterparty risk.

Stacks of 100 dollar bills (Dmytro Glazunov/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Coinbase secures UK authorization to offer traditional investments alongside crypto

The license allows institutional traders to access perpetual futures and gives U.K. retail customers the ability to trade equities to begin with.

Coinbase (appshunter.io/Unsplash)


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Web3

DeFi protocol Summer.fi halts Lazy Summer vaults after $6 million exploit

The protocol’s SUMR token fell by over 18% after the incident.

Beach in the summer (Sean Oulashin/Unsplash)

Finance

Russia's largest bank plans crypto wallet launch as Moscow clears market path

Services will integrate into "Sberbank Online" and "SberInvestments" once the "On Digital Currency and Digital Rights" bill takes effect in September.

Sberbank signs on a branch building.

Finance

Coinbase AI draws backlash after erroneously publishing World Cup result before kickoff

CEO Brian Armstrong investigated, and the firm said it made updates to prevent future AI-generated inaccuracies.

Erling Haaland celebrates after scoring Norway's first goal against Brazil.

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Markets

FOMC minutes, SpaceX joins Nasdaq 100: Crypto Week Ahead

Your look at what's coming in the week starting July 6.

The SpaceX company logo displayed outside the Nasdaq Marketsite the company's IPO.

Finance

Trump's crypto token buyers are down $3.8 billion, blockchain data shows

The TRUMP token is down 96% from its peak, and 85% of secondary market wallets for WLFI are underwater, reflecting a broader downturn in the sector.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaking at Mar-a-Lago.