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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Revolut Hits $75B Valuation in Fundraise Backed by Coatue, NVIDIA, Fidelity


Revolut is growing its crypto offerings, including a recent partnership with Polygon Labs and a MiCA license to offer crypto services across Europe.

A Revolut card (Kay/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Grayscale Dogecoin, XRP Trusts Go Live, Cleanspark Earnings: Crypto Week Ahead

Your look at what's coming in the week starting Nov. 24.

Racks of mining machines.

Merkado

ETF Outflows, Stablecoin Flows and DAT Reversals Signal Crypto Capital Flight: NYDIG

Spot bitcoin ETFs have seen persistent outflows ($3.55 billion in November), and stablecoin supply has declined, indicating capital is leaving the market, NYDIG Said.

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On-Chain Stocks Could Misprice Over Weekends, Triggering Arbitrage Risks: RedStone

This gap could create a "price dislocation" between on-chain and traditional markets, leading to potential losses or arbitrage opportunities.

Markets chart (Midjourney/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Pananalapi

Chainlink Is ‘Essential Infrastructure’ for Tokenized Finance, Says Grayscale Research

Grayscale's report comes shortly after it filed to convert its Chainlink Trust into an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that would trade on NYSE Arca.

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'Liquidity Crisis': $12B in DeFi Liquidity Sits Idle as 95% of Capital Goes Unused

This inefficiency disproportionately affects retail liquidity providers, with 50% losing money due to impermanent loss, and net deficits exceeding $60 million, a new report finds.

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Aerodrome Finance Hit by 'Front-End' Attack, Users Urged to Avoid Main Domain

The attack did not compromise the underlying smart contracts, but users are advised to avoid the compromised domains and instead use decentralized ENS domains.

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Pananalapi

Crypto Exchange Ripio Reveals $100M Crypto Treasury, Second Largest in Latin America

The company's holdings, which include bitcoin and ether, have been managed through trading and hedging strategies since 2017.

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Stablecoin Spending Goes Mainstream With Opera MiniPay’s LatAm Integration

The feature connects USDT balances to PIX and Mercado Pago, enabling users to pay with QR codes and converting to local currency instantly.

opera browser on smartphone (Zulfugar Karimov/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

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DeFi Giant Spark Shelves Crypto App Plans to Focus on Institutional Infrastructure

The protocol will instead focus on "liquidity infrastructure and deals" such as its recent $1 billion investment into PayPal's PYUSD.

Cryptocurrency prices seen on phone and monitors. (Sajad Nori/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)