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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Markets

BNB Briefly Tops $800 as Investors Adopt Risk-On Attitude, Corporate Adoption Grows

The price increase helped BNB become the fifth-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, and while technical resistance near $808 may limit further gains.

BNB price chart (CoinDesk Data)

Finance

Grayscale ETF Head David LaValle to Exit as Firm Eyes IPO: Report

LaValle joined Grayscale in 2021 to address investor dissatisfaction with the Bitcoin Trust’s discount and worked on its conversion to a spot bitcoin ETF.

David LaValle, President of CoinDesk Indices at Consensus 2025 in Toronto.

Policy

Crypto Asset Manager CoinShares Secures EU-Wide MiCA License

The license, granted by France's AMF, allows it to offer crypto portfolio management services across the European Union.

European Union Flag (Christian Lue / Unsplash / Modified by CoinDesk)

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Markets

PEPE Dips Slightly as Market Cools, but Outperforms Broader Memecoin Sector

Despite the drop, PEPE is outperforming the wider memecoin space and is up nearly 55% over the past month.

PEPEUSD Chart (CoinDesk Data)

Markets

BNB Drops After Failed Breakout, Key Support Holds as Corporate Accumulation Grows

The decline has Solana's sol (SOL) to overtake BNB's market capitalization, with SOL rising 3.5% to a market cap of $109.3 billion.

CoinDesk

Policy

Citadel Securities Warns SEC Against Rushed Tokenized Securities Rollout

Founded by billionaire Ken Griffin, the firm argued that these blockchain-based products could create unfair advantages and drain liquidity from traditional equity markets.

Stock market price charts (Anne Nygård/Unsplash)

Finance

Trump-Linked WLFI Partners With Vaulta After $6 Million Token Buy

The deal comes after WLFI in May quietly acquired $6 million worth of Vaulta's native token EOS (now rebranded as A).

Banks in Singapore (Aditya Chinchure/Unsplash)

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Markets

NFT Market Sees 29% Daily Rise as CryptoPunk, Penguins Surge

The resurgence in NFT interest comes after a prolonged bear market, with sales volumes having plateaued around $400 million a month.

Pudgy Penguins is a collection of 8,888 unique penguins with proof of ownership stored on the Ethereum blockchain. (Screenshot: OpenSea)