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

Anchorage Digital adds Tron custody, opens U.S. institutional access to TRX trading

The integration provides institutions with a compliant way to hold TRX and will be expanded to include TRC-20 assets and native TRX staking.

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Policy

Brazil passes law turning seized crypto into public-security war chest

The law lets authorities use crypto seized during investigations and expands their power to freeze, block or seize funds in a bid to crack down on criminal organizations.

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CoinDesk Indices

Crypto Long & Short: Prediction Markets Don’t Just Forecast Power - They Reshape It

In this week’s Crypto Long & Short Newsletter, Ryan Kirkley writes on how crypto prediction markets can risk incentivizing manipulation and amplify misinformation at scale.

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Finance

SBI, Sony back Startale’s $63 million push to expand Japan’s tokenized finance stack

The Singapore-based company builds blockchain tools for financial firms and retail users, including a blockchain for tokenized securities, stablecoins, and a consumer app.

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Finance

Binance tightens market maker rules, tells token issuers they must disclose partners

The guidelines ban profit-sharing and guaranteed return arrangements, aiming to prevent conflicts of interest and manipulative trading.

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Finance

Monument Bank to tokenize 250 million pounds of retail deposits in UK first

The deposits will remain interest-bearing, fully backed, and protected by the country's Financial Services Compensation Scheme.

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Finance

ParaFi defies crypto market downturn with $125 million raise for new fund: Bloomberg

The firm now manages about $2 billion, having already raised an additional $325 million for existing crypto investment strategies since last year.

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