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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Gold-Back Cryptos Outperform as Precious Metal ETF Inflows Near Three-Year High

The price of gold is up nearly 11% so far in 2025 and 43% over the past 12 months.

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Bybit Declares ‘War on Lazarus’ as It Crowdsources Effort to Freeze Stolen Funds

The exchange is offering a 5% bounty for submissions that could lead to stolen funds being frozen.

Bybit logo on a mobile phone. (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 logo on a mobile phone. (appshunter.io/Unsplash)