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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Bank of Korea nominee backs central bank-led digital currency, sees limited role for stablecoins

The nominee, Shin Huyn-song, supported a central bank digital currency model, emphasizing the need for strict anti-money laundering and compliance controls.

South Korea's flag (Daniel Bernard/Unsplash)

Finanzen

Foundry unveils Zcash block explorer as mining pool reaches 30% of hashrate

The mining pool comes alongside the unveiling of Zcashinfo.com, a block explorer with real-time network and mining data.

Data center (Taylor Vick/Unsplash)

Crypto Daybook Americas

Bitcoin anchors near $70,000 as RAVE's 3,400% surge signals speculative froth

Bitcoin and major cryptocurrencies remain relatively resilient. Surges in some smaller tokens showed there's still froth left in the market.

The motorcade of  U.S. Vice President JD Vance in Islamabad.

Märkte

Clarity Act returns to U.S. Senate, bank earnings: Crypto Week Ahead

Your look at what's coming in the week starting April 13.

U.S. Congress (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Finanzen

$1.6 billion Ether Machine SPAC deal collapses over unfavorable market

The Ether Machine, an ether treasury firm, currently has more than $1 billion in ether in its treasury.

Stacks of 100 dollar bills (Dmytro Glazunov/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Märkte

Bitcoin, broader market flat as U.S.-Iran negotiations begin

The market rose over the week after a two-week ceasefire was announced, triggering a derivatives short squeeze that wiped out over $430 million in bearish positions.

CoinDesk

Märkte

Crypto perpetuals predict the direction of Wall Street’s Monday open with 89% accuracy, data shows

Over half (57%) of Monday market opens is s already reflected in crypto markets' perpetual futures products.

Price chart on a mobile phone lying next to laptop (Aidan Hancock/Unsplash)

Märkte

Bitwise files updated S-1 for Hyperliquid ETF as HYPE fund race heats up

HYPE has surged around 200% over the last 12 months. Other asset managers including Grayscale, 21Shares, and VanEck are also eyeing HYPE-linked ETFs.

Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan (CoinDesk Archives)

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Crypto Daybook Americas

Institutions' bitcoin positioning lacks conviction; CPI, Iran talks might help

Institutions are betting on the bitcoin price hitting $80,000 through call options, but they are also buying downside protection.

Close of up a gas station dispenser (Krzysztof Hepner/Unsplash)

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Japan moves to classify cryptocurrencies as financial products

The new rules ban insider trading, require issuers to publish annual disclosures, and impose stricter penalties: up to 10 years in prison and 10 million yen in fines for operating without registration.

Tokyo, Japan (Jaison Lin/Unsplash)