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

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

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Pananalapi

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.

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Pananalapi

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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Pananalapi

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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Pananalapi

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.

People with a laptop in front of a whiteboard (Kaleidico/Unsplash)

Pananalapi

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.

Opening a wallet (Aleksandrs Karevs/Unsplash)

Pananalapi

Russia-linked Grinex exchange halts operations after $13 million ‘state-backed’ hack

The exchange, formerly known as Garantex and based in Kyrgyzstan, has been sanctioned by the U.S., U.K. and EU for helping users bypass sanctions.

Hacker facing screens with lines of code (Boitumelo/Unsplash)

Crypto Daybook Americas

Keep an eye on XRP, Plasma, DOGE as bitcoin drifts

What you need to know for April 16, 2026

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