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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Finance

Exodus to cut 25% of global workforce in payments shift

This restructuring is part of a strategy to build a full-stack payments platform following the company's acquisitions of Monavate and Baanx.

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Policy

Brazil’s securities regulator sets up task force with 60-day deadline for tokenization proposal

The framework will address critical issues like official ownership records, private key custody, transaction reversibility and system liability.

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Crypto Daybook Americas

A bitcoin 'volmageddon' may be brewing, key indicator suggests

Your day-ahead look for July 20, 2026

The chart compares bitcoin's 30-day implied volatility index BVIV with BTC's price. (TradingView)

Finance

Cross-chain protocol Allbridge halts after $1.65 million flash loan exploit

The attacker used a $1.12 million flash loan from Kamino to manipulate pool ratios, enabling them to withdraw assets at favorable rates before bridging funds.

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Markets

U.S. regulatory developments and earnings, ECB rate decision: Crypto Week Ahead

Your look at what's coming in the week starting July 20.

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Tech

Live updates: Bitcoin rises to one-month high of $65,700 before pulling back with stocks

Equity markets await second-quarter earnings reports from key tech firms, which begin this week.

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Policy

France orders country's internet service providers to block Polymarket

The regulator cited concerns over addictive mechanics, a lack of self-exclusion tools, and a high volume of French users bypassing previous financial restrictions.

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Finance

Trump targets Brazil's payments system while dollar stablecoins are quietly overtaking country's payments

Washington views Brazil’s promotion of non-dollar payment channels, including Pix and the growth of stablecoins, as a potential threat to dollar-based trade, even as dollar-linked stablecoins account for about 90% of Brazil's crypto transactions.

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Web3

Here is why a massive $1.6 billion in crypto liquidity is sitting idle and wasting away

About $542 million weekly sat outside active trading ranges, meaning this capital earned zero fees and provided no market depth.

Most of DeFi's "tracked" liquidity remains under utilised. (Dune/1inch)