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

QumulusAI Secures $500M Blockchain-Backed Facility to Scale AI Compute Infrastructure

The non-recourse facility allows QumulusAI to borrow stablecoins against up to 70% of its approved GPU deployments.

Data center servers (Taylor Vick/Unsplash)

Finance

SoftBank’s PayPay Buys 40% Stake in Binance Japan to Fuse Crypto With Cashless Payments

The partnership will allow PayPay's 70 million users to buy, sell, and store digital assets, starting with the integration of PayPay Money into Binance Japan.

A pair of hands resting on a keyboard with an iPad showing graphs and price quotes. (Kanchanara/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Web3

Solana's Jupiter to Develop JupUSD Stablecoin With Backing From Ethena Labs

JupUSD will be developed in partnership with Ethana Labs and initially be fully collateralized by Ethana's USDtb stablecoin.

Jupiter (Kamran Abdullayev/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Finance

Coinflow Raises $25M to Scale Stablecoin Payments, Backed by Pantera and Coinbase

The company says it has grown revenue 23-fold since 2024 and now supports stablecoin-powered payments in over 170 countries.

Seed Funding Investment coins in a jar (Towfiqu barbhuiya/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

PEPE Falls 7% as Trading Volumes Surge and Memecoin Market Faces Broader Pullback

The sell-off was driven by significant activity in the crypto space, with whales taking profits and investors seeking cover from rising political risks.

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Finance

Forward Industries Unveils Solana Validator, Delegates Entire $1.5B SOL Stash to It

The validator, built on DoubleZero and using Jump Crypto's Firedancer client, is expected to rank among the top 10 on the Solana network by stake.

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Finance

CleanCore's Dogecoin Treasury Tops 710M Tokens, Booking $20M+ Gain

The company has been acquiring DOGE since early September using proceeds from a $175 million private placement.

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Finance

CEA Industries Total BNB Holdings Rise to 480K as Token Hits Record High

The value of CEA's BNB holdings has moved to over $625 million, BNB itself reaching a new all-time high above $1,310.

Stylized BNB token logo (Midjourney/Modified by CoinDesk)