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

Kalshi, Polymarket seeking $20 billion valuations in fundraising talks: WSJ

Kalshi, approved by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, was last valued at $11 billion, while Polymarket was valued at $9 billion.

Kalshi website on a laptop.

Policy

Crypto-friendly fintech giant Revolut files for U.S. banking license

The license would allow the firm to operate like a traditional bank and gain direct access to payment networks like Fedwire and ACH.

A Revolut card (Kay/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

ZeroHash applies for national trust bank charter to expand regulated stablecoin services

A charter would allow ZeroHash to operate under a single federal framework, rather than state-by-state rules and offer services aligned with recent legislation.

Stacks of paper files in an office (Wesley Tingey/Unsplash)

Finance

Billions in crypto are moving in Iran. Analysts can't agree if it's war-time panic or business as usual.

When airstrikes hit Iran on Feb. 28, crypto outflows from Nobitex spiked 873%, suggesting a "digital bank run" was ongoing. The reality may be more complex.

Toy soldiers on a map (Amos K/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Crypto Daybook Americas

Here's why bitcoin climbed through $71,000

Your day-ahead look for March 4, 2026

A space shuttle takes off on the back of a rocket. (WikiImages/Pixabay)

Finance

Kraken becomes first crypto company to secure Fed master account access

The approval lets Kraken speed up deposits and withdrawals for large traders and institutional clients, but is limited.

Kraken on phone (PiggyBank/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

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Web3

Aave governance rift deepens as major governance group exits $26 billion DeFi protocol

The conflict centered on a proposal to fund product development and expansion, which ACI opposed due to concerns over self-voting and lack of transparency.

Chess piece being moved (Ahmed/Unsplash+/Modified by CoinDesk)

Crypto Daybook Americas

Oil shock and inflation fears drag down bitcoin

Your day-ahead look for March 3, 2026

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