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

BitMine Immersion Stock Triples as It Raises $250M for Ether Treasury, Adds Thomas Lee to Board

Among investors in the share offering were Founders Fund, Pantera, and FalconX.

Stock market price charts (Anne Nygård/Unsplash)

Crypto Daybook Americas

Crypto Daybook Americas: Bitcoin 'Calm Rarely Lasts'

Your day-ahead look for June 30, 2025

Bitcoin remains calm after breakout (Ian McGrory/Unsplash)

Markets

Coinbase Outpaces S&P 500 With 43% June Rise as Stablecoin Narrative Grows: CNBC

The company's stock performance has been boosted by progress on the GENIUS Act, which could increase revenue for Coinbase through stablecoin-related income.

Coinbase app opening screen on a mobile phone (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

Markets

Robinhood Launches Micro Bitcoin, Solana and XRP Futures Contracts

The move expands its existing crypto futures offering to its nearly 26 million funded accounts.

A Macbook Pro opened to Robinhood's website. (PiggyBank/Unsplash)

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Markets

Why is XRP Up Today? Trio of Catalysts Sees Token Outperform Wider Crypto Market

XRP's price outperformed the wider crypto market over the launch of micro futures on Robinhood, greater regulatory clarity with the withdrawal of cross-apeals, and more.

Stock trading chart next to watchlist (Tötös Ádám/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Treasury Corp Boosts Holdings to 771 BTC, Plans Lending After $51M Buy

The Toronto-listed firm plans to use its 771 Bitcoin trove for institutional lending.

Money rolled up (Vitaly Taranov/Unsplash)

Crypto Daybook Americas

Crypto Daybook Americas: Bitcoin Calm Masks Tension Over Fed, Geopolitics

Your day-ahead look for June 27, 2025

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Finance

Ex-Blackstone, Tether Execs Seek $1B to Build Multitoken Crypto Treasury: Bloomberg

The company intends to buy a basket of tokens, including bitcoin, ether and sol.

Businessmen shaking hands in front of documentation (Amina Atar/Unsplash)

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Policy

Australia’s Securities Regulator to Probe ASX After Collapsed Blockchain Project

A panel of three experienced finance figures, led by Rob Whitfield, will conduct the inquiry and recommend fixes for any weaknesses found.

View of Sydney harbor with Habor Bridge and opera house. (Caleb/ Unsplash)