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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Tech

Live updates: bitcoin closes out weak quarter; Trump reports over $1 billion in crypto proceeds

IBIT alone shed $300 million while smaller funds absorbed some of the outflow. The selloff lands as the same AI trade that crashed Korea a week ago now powers a record quarterly rally there.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaking at Mar-a-Lago.

Finance

Ukraine transfers $8.3 million in seized crypto amid potential plans for strategic reserve

The funds were seized during an investigation into an international hacker group accused of laundering proceeds from data theft through high-value property.

Kyiv in Ukraine (Glib Albovsky/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

New MiCA regime in Europe, U.S. jobs report for June: Crypto Week Ahead

Your look at what's coming in the week starting June 29.

The formal signing of of MiCA at the European Parliament. (Swedish government/Twitter)

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Markets

U.S. Congress returns as GENIUS comments periods close, jobs report: Crypto Week Ahead

Your look at what's coming in the week starting June 1.

U.S. Congress building

Markets

A massive $1.26 billion sale of BlackRock’s IBIT was likely a rapid exit by a large investor

NYDIG, meanwhile, rejected the basis-trade theory, citing the large discount and the lack of an unusual spike in corresponding CME bitcoin futures volume.

Bitcoin price chart on a screen (Behnam Norouzi/Unsplash)

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Finance

SEC sues Texas man over $12.3 million alleged crypto scheme built on fake AI trading bots

Fuller allegedly diverted $6.2 million for personal use and $5.5M for Ponzi-like payments; only 3% of funds went to crypto trading.

The U.S. Department of Justice headquarters in Washington (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

U.S. says it seized about $1 billion in Iranian crypto as pressure campaign expands

The seizure, falling under "Operation Economic Fury," aims to restrict Iran's access to overseas revenue, banking networks, and crypto infrastructure.

Donald Trump points at the audience during a press conference at the White House.