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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These bitcoin-linked stocks are doing better than BTC

Your day-ahead look for Feb. 25, 2026

Mining equipment (Shutterstock)

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Wall Street’s big blockchain win: SEC gives WisdomTree the green light for instant, around-the-clock trading

The move adds momentum to the $10 billion large tokenized Treasury market led by BlackRock, Circle and others.

Jonathan Steinberg (left), CEO, WisdomTree, and Kevin Reynolds, editor-in-chief, CoinDesk (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

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Putting the treasury to work: The Ethereum Foundation just staked 70,000 ETH to fund its future

The staking commenced with a 2,016 ETH deposit, and uses Dirk and Vouch, open-source validator tools developed by infrastructure firm Attestant

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Tether-backed crypto exchange is ditching the ‘retail’ label to build the secret plumbing for Europe’s biggest banks

Bit2Me secured an EU MiCA license and is expanding into new markets, including Portugal and Italy initially, with plans for a further rollout in France and Germany.

Bit2Me co-founders Andrei and Leif (Bit2Me)

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Solana Company starts building high-speed infrastructure to prepare SOL for next 'super cycle'

The initiative targets institutional demand across Asia-Pacific, offering DeFi tools, liquid staking, and execution services designed for traditional finance firms entering the crypto space.

Solana portfolio shown on a laptop (Amjith S/Unsplash)

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Crypto.com wins initial approval for U.S. federally regulated crypto custodian bank

The national trust charter institution would consolidate custody services under a single framework under federal oversight.

Crypto.com (Jesse Hamilton/Coindesk)

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The $11 billion dig: Bridgetower and Chainlink bring an Arizona copper mine onchain

The $11 billion project is the first tranche of Bridgetower's targeted $25 billion pipeline across energy, metals, and natural resources.

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Mexican billionaire Ricardo Salinas remains bullish on bitcoin after plunge

Salinas has previously said he has 70% of his liquid assets in bitcoin.

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