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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Crypto-friendly fintech Revolut gains full UK banking license

The move is a major step in Revolut's goal to become a global digital bank. Services like crypto and stock trading remain separate.

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

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Ghana opens crypto trading sandbox with 11 firms under new VASP law

The companies will be able to run their products in a controlled environment while regulators monitor risks and compliance.

Ghana's flag (Planet Volumes/Unsplash+/Modified by ConDesk)

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Mining giant Foundry to introduce institutional zcash mining pool

The pool is designed for institutional and public company miners, focusing on compliance and regulated infrastructure.

Data center servers

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Binance sues Wall Street Journal as newspaper says U.S. Dept. of Justice is investigating Iran transactions

The situation adds pressure to Binance, which is already operating under a compliance monitor following its $4.3 billion anti-money laundering and sanctions settlement in 2023.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Jito Foundation acquires and revives SolanaFloor following shutdown over $27 million exploit

The acquisition follows SolanaFloor's shutdown last month due to a $27 million exploit linked to its parent company, Step Finance.

Stacks of 100 dollar bills (Dmytro Glazunov/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)


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Josh Swihart's Zcash Open Development Lab raises $25 million in seed funding

The capital will be used to expand development of the Zcash (ZEC) protocol and its privacy-focused self-custodial mobile wallet, Zodl.

Stacks of 100 dollar bills (Dmytro Glazunov/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Bithumb faces proposed 6-month partial ban over South Korea AML breaches

The suspension, according to local media reports, would only restrict virtual asset transfers for newly registered users, not affecting existing customer operations.

South Korea (Photo by Daniel Bernard on Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)