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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Crypto Daybook Americas

Bitcoin's BIP-110 episode is free-market capitalism in purest form

Your day-ahead look for Aug. 10, 2026

Diagram showing relative block production on Bitcoin and the BIP-110 fork

Markets

U.S. CPI inflation, Securitize, Gemini among earnings reports: Crypto Week Ahead

Your look at what's coming in the week starting Aug. 10

Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

Live updates: WTI crude oil up 5% and back to $80, as bitcoin drops below $64,000

The market rose even as the Senate left the crypto bill unpassed before its recess, with steady ETF inflows and a softer dollar doing more for prices than Washington.

Bitcoin (BTC) price on Aug. 10. (CoinDesk)

Finance

Hardware wallet sales in Russia more than double as new crypto rules near

Wildberries’ average price for hardware wallets fell 13% to 7,900 rubles, and M.Video broadened its range of products, though neither retailer identified the driving force behind the renewed demand.

Crypto hardware wallets (rc.xyz NFT gallery/Unsplash)

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Finance

Brazil's central bank orders exchanges to delay large crypto transfers abroad

The rule applies to transfers above $10,000 and smaller transactions flagged as risky by exchanges.

Brazil's flag (Rafaela Biazi/Unsplash)

Crypto Daybook Americas

Bitcoin’s volatility has nearly disappeared. The risk hasn’t.

Your day-ahead look for Aug. 7, 2026

Warning, risk (Greg Montani/Pixabay)

Markets

Bitcoin hovers below $65,000 as Middle East tensions escalate further

Brent crude has meanwhile moved to over $83 a barrel after Yemen’s Iran-linked Houthis attacked Saudi Arabia, further escalating tensions in the Middle East.

Bitcoin price, Aug. 7 2026 (CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto market maker Wintermute lands SEC approval to trade equities and ETF blocks

The crypto market maker can now trade US stocks and options and support ETFs as crypto moves closer to traditional markets.

Wintermute CEO Evgeny Gaevoy (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Crypto Daybook Americas

Bitcoin’s low volatility doesn’t necessarily mean low risk

Your day-ahead look for Aug. 6, 2026

BTC's recent price action in candlestick format. (TradingView)

Markets

Bitcoin, ether benefit as traders seek safety of largest tokens

The two largest cryptocurrencies are the only CoinDesk 20 members in positive territory as altcoins fall out of favor.

A chart of bitcoin's price over the past 24 hours.