Latest from Francisco Rodrigues
Securitize Expands to Sei, Debuting With Apollo’s $112M Tokenized Credit Fund
The fund is a feeder into Apollo's private credit strategy, which includes corporate lending and dislocated credit. It's open only to qualified investors.

Crypto Markets Today: AVAX Open Interest and Price Tanks, HYPE Underperforms
Bitcoin fell, nearly erasing gains from Wednesday’s rebound, while ether slid more than 3% to trigger large liquidations.

Bitcoin, Ether Struggle With Options Expiry Imminent: Crypto Daybook Americas
Your day-ahead look for Sept. 25, 2025

Hong Kong Monetary Authority Warns Against Unregulated Stablecoin Issuance
The warning comes after AnchorX, a Hong Kong-based firm, announced a stablecoin called AxCNH, pegged to the offshore Chinese yuan.

Coinbase, Sony and Samsung Back $14.6M Round for Stablecoin Startup Bastion
The firm white-label stablecoin systems, enabling companies to issue digital dollars without coding or their own regulatory licenses.

OranjeBTC to Become Brazil’s Largest Publicly-Traded Bitcoin Treasury Firm With B3 Listing
OranjeBTC, which holds 3,650 BTC, also plans to launch a financial education platform focused on bitcoin and crypto, in addition to its public listing.

Crypto VC Firm Archetype Launches $100M Fund to Back Early Blockchain Startups
Archetype has a track record of successful investments, including Privy, which was acquired by Stripe, and US Bitcoin Corp, which completed a merger with Hut 8.

Fed Speakers, U.S. PCE, Hedera Upgrade: Crypto Week Ahead
Your look at what's coming in the week starting Sept. 22

Kalshi Outpaces Polymarket in Prediction Market Volume Amid Surge in U.S. Trading
Kalshi’s weekly trading volume exceeded $500 million with an average open interest of around $189 million, surpassing Polymarket’s figures, according to Dune analytics data.

Solana’s Yakovenko Says Bitcoin Must Upgrade to Survive Quantum Threat by 2030
Other experts in the crypto community, such as Adam Back and Peter Todd, are less convinced of the near-term threat.

