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

Bank of Korea’s new governor signals CBDC and bank token push, skips stablecoins in key address

The BOK will increase scrutiny of crypto markets and non-bank finance, and will also modernize currency markets for 24-hour foreign exchange trading, he said.

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Tech

Kelp DAO claims LayerZero’s 'default' settings are what actually caused the massive $290 million disaster

The liquid restaking protocol said the compromised verifier was LayerZero's own infrastructure, and the setup it was faulted for running was LayerZero's onboarding default.

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Policy

Global stablecoin rulemaking slows, prompting BIS to urge cooperation to avoid fragmentation risks

To mitigate risks like sudden withdrawals, policymakers are debating safeguards such as limiting interest payments and offering issuers access to central bank backstops.

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Markets

U.S.-Iran ceasefire ends, Tesla earnings: Crypto Week Ahead

Your look at what's coming in the week starting April 20.

Iranian flag (Akbar Nemati/Unsplash)

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Finance

One person holds the keys to $200 million of a project’s crypto. His co-founder says that has to end

Co-founders Da Hongfei and Erik Zhang have conflicting restructuring plans, Da wants independent governance and multi-sig protection; Zhang wants accountability investigations and to remain on the board.

Keys (Filip Szalbot/Unsplash)

Finance

From smelters to servers: Alcoa to cash in on crypto’s thirst for energy

Alcoa is in advanced negotiations to sell its dormant Massena East smelter in upstate New York to Bitcoin mining firm NYDIG.

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Finance

AI is increasingly eating into VC fundings and here is how crypto firms are adapting

AI companies raised $242 billion (80% of global venture funding) in early 2026, with Gartner projecting total AI spending will reach $2.52 trillion this year.

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Finance

Binance and Bitget to probe RAVE’s 4,500% token surge as claims of insider-orchestrated rally grow

Nearly 90% of RAVE's supply was concentrated in just three wallets, and millions of tokens were transferred to exchanges before the price surge.

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Finance

Zondacrypto under fire as Poland's prime minister links exchange to legislative interference

The company also disclosed a 4,500 BTC wallet that it can't access due to missing private keys linked to a former CEO, who's now missing.

A person opening up a traditional wallet.