Latest from Francisco Rodrigues
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.
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.
Coinbase Debuts DEX Trading in Brazil as ‘Everything App’ Vision Grows
The move comes amid new regulations from Brazil's central bank, requiring crypto firms to be licensed and report international transactions.
Crypto Long & Short: Licences, Liquidity and the Shifting Geography of Exchange Quality
In this week’s Crypto Long & Short Newsletter, Joshua de Vos shares insights from a recent Benchmark report on how the exchange landscape is maturing and becoming more execution-focused, but increasingly uneven as regional licensing diverges, liquidity fragments, and transparency advances inconsistently. Then, we take a look at where the digital assets market may be headed in the final weeks of 2025 with Andy Baehr’s “Vibe Check."
'Permissionless Assets’: Robinhood’s 3-Phase Tokenization Plan to Disrupt TradFi
Robinhood is working on infrastructure developments, said Offchain Labs' A.J. Warner, including 24/7 trading, and leveraging technologies like Arbitrum Stylus for compatibility.
Société Générale’s SG-FORGE Issues First Tokenized Bond in U.S.
The bond uses Broadridge Financial Solutions' tokenization technology and runs on the Canton Network, a privacy-enabled blockchain infrastructure.
1inch Unveils Protocol Letting Multiple DeFi Strategies Share the Same Capital
Aqua introduces a "shared liquidity layer" that enables capital from a single wallet to back multiple trading strategies simultaneously.
Delayed U.S. Jobs Report, Zcash Network Upgrade: Crypto Week Ahead
Your look at what's coming in the week starting Nov. 17.
Harvard Endowment Takes Rare Leap Into Bitcoin With $443M Bet on BlackRock's IBIT
The investment, which accounts for 20% of Harvard's reported U.S.-listed public equity holdings, is notable.
Alibaba to Use JPMorgan’s Blockchain for Tokenized Dollar and Euro Payments: CNBC
The technology aims to expedite transactions and eliminate intermediaries, enabling the direct transfer of digital currencies over a blockchain-based system.
