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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Tecnologia

Live markets: Bitcoin drops to $62,000 as oil and bond yields surge on collapse of Iran ceasefire

Hedge funds have turned the most bearish on the yen since 2007, boosting bets on further losses to nearly 138,000 contracts as of June 30.

A U.S. fighter jet comes in to touch down on an aircraft carrier

Mercados

SpaceX IPO powers record $3.86 billion in tokenized equities trading in June

SpaceX tokens captured $1.19 billion, or 31% of total monthly volume, with Backpack’s SPCX leading trading at $1.08 billion.

Rocket launching next to SpaceX building (SpaceX/Unsplash)

Finanças

EDX Markets raises $76 million in funding round led by SBI Holdings

EDX’s model targets institutional clients by separating trading from custody through a central clearinghouse to minimize counterparty risk.

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

Publicidade

Finanças

Coinbase secures UK authorization to offer traditional investments alongside crypto

The license allows institutional traders to access perpetual futures and gives U.K. retail customers the ability to trade equities to begin with.

Coinbase (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

Diário de Cripto Américas

Bitcoin's July gains may be fleeting as U.S. demand stays weak

Your day-ahead look for July 7, 2026

Two charts and keyboard in a darkened room. (Asa E K/Unsplash)

Web3

DeFi protocol Summer.fi halts Lazy Summer vaults after $6 million exploit

The protocol’s SUMR token fell by over 18% after the incident.

Beach in the summer (Sean Oulashin/Unsplash)

Finanças

Russia's largest bank plans crypto wallet launch as Moscow clears market path

Services will integrate into "Sberbank Online" and "SberInvestments" once the "On Digital Currency and Digital Rights" bill takes effect in September.

Sberbank. (Photo: Oruwachichin via Wikimedia Commons)

Publicidade

Diário de Cripto Américas

U.S. inflation outlook underpins bitcoin bulls after best week since March

Your day-ahead look for July 6, 2026

A supermarket receipt sits on top of assorted packaged groceries. (stevepb/Unsplash)

Finanças

Coinbase AI draws backlash after erroneously publishing World Cup result before kickoff

CEO Brian Armstrong investigated, and the firm said it made updates to prevent future AI-generated inaccuracies.

Erling Haaland celebrates after scoring Norway's first goal against Brazil.