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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Bitcoin stays calm while other markets panic: key levels to watch

Your day-ahead look for March 9, 2026

Oil rig operating during the sunset (Maria Lupan/Unsplash)

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U.S. inflation, Polkadot upgrade, Solstice-Kamino announcement: Crypto Week Ahead

Your look at what's coming in the week starting March 9.

Wooden block tiles spell out the word "inflation"

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Bitcoin is still a great way to diversify portfolio even if it trades like a tech stock, analyst says

The central debate has shifted from whether bitcoin can survive to if it can function as a sovereign reserve asset, as critics assess it by institutional standards.

Stock market price charts (Anne Nygård/Unsplash)

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Trump's cyber strategy vows to 'support the security' of cryptocurrencies and blockchain

This places blockchain security in the context of national technology competition alongside AI and quantum computing.

U.S. President Donald Trump  (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Latin America’s crypto user growth outpaced U.S. by 3x in 2025, report shows

Brazil and Argentina are leading the growth, with Brazil dominating by transaction size and Argentina seeing increasing adoption driven by cross-border payments and stablecoin use.

Latin America (Leon Overwheel/Unsplash)

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Bitcoin purist Jack Dorsey says that his firm is reluctantly giving in to stablecoin craze

The shift comes as stablecoins surge in popularity and competitors like Stripe and PayPal add stablecoin options, increasing market pressure.

Block CEO Jack Dorsey (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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Kalshi, Polymarket seeking $20 billion valuations in fundraising talks: WSJ

Kalshi, approved by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, was last valued at $11 billion, while Polymarket was valued at $9 billion.

Kalshi website on a laptop.


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Crypto-friendly fintech giant Revolut files for U.S. banking license

The license would allow the firm to operate like a traditional bank and gain direct access to payment networks like Fedwire and ACH.

A Revolut card (Kay/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)