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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Opera stock jumps 15% after announcing expanded support for Tether tokens

MiniPay has 12.6 million activated wallets and processed over $153 million in stablecoin transactions in December, connecting users to crypto on- and off-ramp providers.

opera browser on smartphone (Zulfugar Karimov/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Earnings season gathers steam, U.S. jobs: Crypto Week Ahead

Your look at what's coming in the week starting Feb. 2.

lists of market prices and percentage changest (geralt/Pixabay)

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Crypto crime is getting violent: ‘wrench attacks’ jumped 75% in 2026

Europe now accounts for over 40% of global incidents, with France leading at 19 reported attacks, involving home invasions, kidnappings, and targeted personal threats.

Police cruiser at night with lights on  (Kenny Eliason/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Hyperliquid's HYPE emerges as crypto market haven

Your day-ahead look for Feb. 2, 2026

Hyperliquid founder Jeff Yan

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How instant gratification is sucking the air out of the bitcoin market

Society is experiencing a shift toward gambles that offer rapid feedback and immediate stimulation over long-term investment.

Crypto trader on laptop and phone (TabTrader.com/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Solana DeFi platform step finance hit by $27 million treasury hack as token price craters

The platform's governance token (STEP) plummeted over 80% following the announcement amid a wider crypto market drawdown.

hackers (Modified by CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin falls out of global top 10 assets by market capitalization, below Elon Musk's Tesla

Ether also declined significantly, dropping to 56th place with a market cap just above $300 billion and losing 14.5% of its value.

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Bitcoin breaks key support level as Glassnode warns of further price breakdown

Long-term bitcoin holders are selling at the fastest pace since August, while some industry observers suggest the market may be approaching a bear-market bottom.

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Bitcoin plunges near $77,000 as geopolitical risks deepens amid U.S-Iran tension

Bitcoin slid under $78,000 on Saturday as thin weekend liquidity magnified selling pressure, with traders pointing to Middle East tensions, U.S. political risk and lingering crypto-specific uncertainty.

Traders on of the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

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U.S. imposes sanctions on crypto exchanges tied to Iran for the first time

The exchanges were accused of facilitating transactions for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and are linked to an Iranian businessman convicted of embezzlement.

(Photo by hosein charbaghi on Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)