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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Policy

Bithumb $44 billion bitcoin blunder puts South Korea regulators on alert over local crypto exchanges

The Financial Supervisory Service said it plans to build tools that automatically extract suspicious trading patterns by the second and minute.

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

Markets

Cardano's Charles Hoskinson reveals $3 billion unrealized loss in crypto rout

He stressed long-term commitment, prioritizing the development of decentralized systems over short-term price fluctuations.

Charles Hoskinson

Markets

Bitcoin slips below $70,000 after erasing post-election gains during 'sell at any price' rout

Crypto sentiment was hit as Gemini plans to close operations in several regions and cut staff, while spot bitcoin ETF flows turned negative.

bitcoin price chart (Behnam Norouzi/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

Brazil moves to ban algorithmic and other stablecoins like Ethena’s USDe

New legislation requires all stablecoins to be fully backed by reserve assets and introduces penalties for issuing unbacked, algorithmic or other stablecoins.

Brazil's flag (Rafaela Biazi/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Finance

Wall Street giant CME Group is eyeing its own 'CME Coin,' CEO says

The initiative is part of CME's push into tokenized collateral, and the firm is collaborating with Google on a “tokenized cash” solution set to launch later this year.

(Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

Finance

Ripple’s prime brokerage platform adds support for decentralized exchange Hyperliquid

This integration allows cross-margining of decentralized finance derivatives alongside traditional assets, enhancing centralized risk management.

Ripple

Finance

TRM Labs hits unicorn status in $70 million fund raise with Goldman's participation

The company's software specializes in tracing cryptocurrency transactions across multiple blockchains, catering to increasing demand from law enforcement and financial firms amid rising crypto crime.

Unicorn sculpture (Juliana Araujo the artist/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Crypto Daybook Americas

How your brain may drive bitcoin higher

Your day-ahead look for Feb. 4, 2026

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Finance

Over 60% of crypto press releases are linked to high-risk or scam projects, study finds

Crypto press release services often provide misleading marketing content, creating an illusion of legitimacy by placing unverified announcements alongside legitimate news.

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Markets

Galaxy CEO Mike Novogratz doesn't see quantum as big threat for bitcoin

CEO Mike Novogratz said that the profit-taking trend among early bitcoin adopters is real, indicating weakening conviction in the "HODLing" philosophy.

Galaxy founder Mike Novogratz (Shutterstock)