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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Web3

1inch opens Aqua liquidity protocol across 13 chains

Liquidity providers can keep assets in their own wallets, using one balance to back multiple positions without splitting capital across different pools.

Sea waves. (Dimitris Vetsikas/Pixabay)

Finance

Circle buys nearly 1,000 blockchain patents from IBM

The portfolio covers blockchain technology, banking, insurance, and cloud security, though the financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Circle logo on a screen


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Markets

Interest rates in U.S., U.K., Japan and Coinbase, Strategy earnings: Crypto Week Ahead

Your look at what's coming in the week starting July 27.

Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh

Markets

Live updates: Bitcoin gives up early gains, holds near $65,000 as AI stocks skid

CoinEx's Jeff Ko sees bitcoin staying range-bound near $65,000 while retreating oil, a 4.7% 10-year yield and a week of mega-cap earnings set the tone.

Bitcoin (BTC) price on Monday, July 27 (CoinDesk)

Finance

Russia’s largest bank Sberbank plans crypto trading infrastructure by December

New regulations for crypto trading, custody, and settlement in Russia take effect Sept. 1, with requirements for licensed intermediaries applying from July 2027.

Residents wait in line at an ATM of Russian bank Sberbank. (Getty Images)

Finance

North Korea arrests hackers accused of laundering stolen funds from country's bank via crypto

The group allegedly breached Central Bank systems, converted crypto to cash via Chinese brokers, and used small transfers to evade detection.

Lazarus Group, a cybercrime organization run by the North Korean government, may have links to this week's exploit of Euler Finance. (Micha Brandli/Unsplash)

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Crypto Daybook Americas

Crypto's institutional influx has killed the memecoin craze

Your day-ahead look for July 24, 2026

Nascar car number 98 showing Dogecoin branding. (Josh Wise)

Finance

BitMEX faces proposed class-action suit for theft, insider trading as crypto exchange shuts down

The complaint claims BitMEX designed a system to retain customer collateral and alleges an internal desk accessed private user data during server freezes.

BitMEX logo in front of building (CoinDesk)