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

Binance tightens market maker rules, tells token issuers they must disclose partners

The guidelines ban profit-sharing and guaranteed return arrangements, aiming to prevent conflicts of interest and manipulative trading.

Binance logo on a smartphone (Vadim Artyukhin/Unsplash)

Finance

Monument Bank to tokenize 250 million pounds of retail deposits in UK first

The deposits will remain interest-bearing, fully backed, and protected by the country's Financial Services Compensation Scheme.

Bank ATM (Eduardo Soares/Unsplash)

Finance

ParaFi defies crypto market downturn with $125 million raise for new fund: Bloomberg

The firm now manages about $2 billion, having already raised an additional $325 million for existing crypto investment strategies since last year.

Scattered pile of $1 bills (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay)

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Finance

Crypto-friendly fintech Revolut sees profit soar 57% to $2.3 billion in 2025

The company's customer base grew to 68.3 million, with total balances up 66% to $67.5 billion and transaction volume reaching $1.7 trillion.

A Revolut card (Kay/Unsplash)

Finance

Pharmaceutical firm pivots to stablecoins, holds nearly 9% of SKY's supply

Nanocap NovaBay Pharmaceuticals changed its name to Stablecoin Development Corporation.

Money on a printer (Clay Banks/Unsplash)

Policy

Brazil’s finance minister delays divisive crypto tax plan

The proposed tax would classify some crypto transactions as foreign exchange operations, subject to rates ranging to as high as 3.5%.

Brazil's flag (Rafaela Biazi/Unsplash)

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Markets

Fed's Miran speaks, Bitgo earnings, Casper hard fork: Crypto Week Ahead

Your look at what's coming in the week starting March 23.

Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran speaks onstage during the Semafor World Economy Summit

Finance

The genius and the danger of STRC: How Strategy’s new funding model bends so it doesn't break

Strategy's STRC has bitcoin a major bitcoin accumulation tool, but analysts warn the risks aren't as clear as the marketing makes them out to be.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor at the Digital Asset Summit in New York City on March 20, 2025. (Nikhilesh De)