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

Grayscale wants to bring the world's hottest crypto trading frenzy to your brokerage account

The Hyperliquid network has seen significant growth, with weekly derivatives trading volume exceeding $50 billion and 24-hour fee revenue of $1.6 million.

Grayscale's new ad campaign can be seen in New York's Penn Station. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Markets

Coinbase introduces stock perpetual futures contracts for non-U.S. customers

The contracts trade 24/7, are cash-settled in USDC and allow for up to 10-times leverage on single-stock contracts and 20-times on ETF products.

Coinbase app on a mobile phone screen (appshunter.io/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Browser maker Opera seeks 160 million CELO stake to become key network stakeholder

The proposed allocation represents a major share of Celo's circulating supply and 16% of its maximum supply.

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

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Finance

XRP treasury firm Evernorth discloses $233.7 million impairment on holdings in SPAC filing

The company reported a $233.7 million digital asset impairment for 2025, reflecting the gap between purchase prices and lower market values.

Trading screen with price monitors and charts (Yashowardhan Singh/Unsplash)

Markets

Venus’ XVS token plunges 9% as exploit leaves protocol with bad debt

The exploit, which occurred on March 16, didn’t appear to impact XVS prices until analysis showed major holders moving large amounts to exchanges.

Trading screen with price monitors and charts (Yashowardhan Singh/Unsplash)

Policy

Kalshi co-founder fights back against Arizona’s ‘overstep’ in what a lawyer calls a federal-state turf war

Arizona has filed 20 criminal counts against Kalshi, a prediction market platform, accusing it of operating an illegal gambling business and offering election wagering in the state.

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Finance

RedotPay executive turnover clouds crypto payments firm's $4 billion U.S. IPO ambition

The company's internal strain, including reports of required long working hours, is overshadowing its push for a U.S. listing.

Contactless payment via a mobile phone (Jonas Lupe/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

UK lawmakers urge ‘immediate moratorium’ on crypto political donations

The committee highlighted that the fast payment traits of crypto, along with tools like mixers, tumblers, and AI-assisted splitting of payments below the £500 reporting threshold.

UK Parliament Building and Big Ben, London, England (Ugur Akdemir/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)