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

Crypto Investment Firm Dao5 Raises $222M Fund to Back Institutional Blockchain Adoption

The firm's dao5 fund is set to become a decentralized autonomous organization later this year.

Price and depth chart on laptop (Austin Distel/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

Trump-Linked NexusOne Launches to Influence U.S. Crypto and AI Policy

The firm, located near the White House, plans to lobby for companies in these industries.

White House. (René DeAnda/Unsplash)

Tech

Dinari Raises $12.7M to Expand Tokenized Stock Access for Non-U.S. Investors: Report

The company allows firms to offer users the ability to buy shares in major U.S. companies and funds through dShares, backed by real shares.

Stock market price charts (Anne Nygård/Unsplash)

Policy

Kuwait Cracks Down on Illegal Crypto Mining to Protect National Grid

The government is disconnecting power from mining-linked properties and conducting follow-up sweeps.

Kuwait City, Kuwait (CoinDesk Archives)

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Markets

Morgan Stanley Eyes Launching Crypto Trading Through E*Trade: Bloomberg

The move could increase competition for crypto-native exchanges and follows regulatory rollbacks in the U.S. after Trump took office.

Morgan Stanley offices (Sven Piper/Unsplash)

Markets

Chart of the Week: Tariff Carnage Starting to Fulfill Bitcoin's 'Store of Value' Promise

Traditional safe-haven assets like gold and the Swiss Franc have been joined by bitcoin as a refuge for investors.

A detail of the Satoshi Nakamoto statue in Budapest, Hungary. (Janos Kummer/Getty Images)