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

KULR Plans to Raise Up to $300M to Fuel Bitcoin Purchases

The energy-management firm will fund additional bitcoin purchases, working capital and R&D with the “at the market” share sales.

Pot full of coins (micheile henderson/Unsplash)

Markets

The Blockchain Group Starts 300M-Euro ATM Share Sale to Expand Bitcoin Holdings

The program allows French asset manager TOBAM to buy shares at its discretion, potentially increasing its shareholding to as much as 39%. It currently holds 3%.

Stock market price charts (Anne Nygård/Unsplash)

Policy

Coinbase, BiT Global End Legal Fight Over WBTC Delisting

BiT Global agreed to dismiss its lawsuit against Coinbase, with each party covering its own legal expenses.

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

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Finance

Deutsche Bank Considers Stablecoin or Joining Industry-Led Initiative, Exec Says

The bank is also weighing a tokenized deposit system to make payments more efficient, as regulatory clarity and pending legislation accelerate stablecoin adoption.

Deutsche bank branch with logo (Wegavision/Wikimedia Commons)

Markets

AVAX Jumps 6% as Trump-Musk Tensions Fade and Institutional Momentum Builds

The token’s rebound was bolstered by technicals, as well as growing Avalanche-based projects making exposure to AVAX more attractive than to other altcoins.

Caution avalanche (Nicolas Cool/Unsplash)

Markets

World Liberty Financial to ‘Align’ With TRUMP Memecoin, Add It to Treasury

The move could bring institutional weight to the token and aligns with the project’s vision for “crypto, patriotism and long-term success.”

Eric Trump, Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer, American Bitcoin speaks at Consensus 2025. (CoinDesk)

Markets

Strategy to Raise Nearly $1B With STRD Preferred Stock Offering to Accumulate BTC

The new STRD offer long-term investors high-yield returns and no management fees.

MicroStrategy executive chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk archives)

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Markets

Metaplanet to Raise $5.3B, Japan’s Largest Stock Warrant Deal, to Grow Bitcoin Stash

The company aims to increase its BTC holdings to over 210,000 by 2027, viewing it as a hedge against Japan’s economic challenges.

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Policy

Tigran Gambaryan, Binance Exec Who Was Detained in Nigeria for Nearly a Year, Departs Crypto Exchange

During his time at Binance, Gambaryan built a 100-person global investigations team and oversaw the company's response to thousands of law enforcement requests.

Binance's Tigran Gambaryan at Consensus 2023 (Amitoj Singh/CoinDesk)