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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Grayscale Files for Polkadot ETF, Adding to Portfolio of Offered Funds

This filing follows similar moves for XRP and Cardano ETFs after the SEC adopted a more crypto-friendly approach.

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Payments Card Issuer Infini Offers Reward for Return of Funds After $49 Million Exploit

The neobank offered the perpetrator 20% of the stolen funds to return the money within 48 hours, threatening legal action otherwise.

Glasses in front of monitors with code (Kevin Ku/Unsplash)

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DekaBank Rolls Out Crypto Trading, Custody Services for Institutions: Bloomberg

The bank, with over 370 billion euros in assets under management, is emphasizing security and regulatory compliance.

German flag over Deutscher Reichstag (Norbert Braun/Unsplash)

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Bybit Sees Over $4 Billion ‘Bank Run’ After Crypto’s Biggest Hack

The exchange, facing a bank run and needing to process withdrawals, worked to secure a loan and developed new software to access frozen funds.

Bybit CEO Ben Zhou (Danny Nelson/ CoinDesk)

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Binance Research Survey Shows 95% of Latin American Crypto Users Plan to Buy More in 2025

The survey found that investors entered the cryptocurrency space looking for significant returns and financial freedom.

A pair of hands resting on a keyboard with an iPad showing graphs and price quotes. (Kanchanara/Unsplash)

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Ether Price Spikes Further on Reports of Bybit Starting to Buy ETH

The rise comes amid reports that Bybit has allocated 100 million USDT to a new wallet to buy the cryptocurrency.

Bybit lost roughly $1.5 billion in crypto to a theft Friday. (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

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SEC Drops OpenSea Investigation Easing Pressure on NFT Market

The regulator’s decision comes after Coinbase said the SEC will vote on a deal to abandon its enforcement case against it.

OpenSea logo on phone (Unsplash)

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Bybit Makes Liquidation Data More Transparent Aiming to Lure Institutional Investors

The move is meant to help lure instituional investors and improve market transparency.

Price chart on an exchange (Nick Chong/Unsplash)