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

Chart of the Week: Wall Street Has Claimed Bitcoin—Now What?

Bitcoin's correlation with U.S. equities is still very high, while it has almost zero relation to gold and USD.

Wall Street sign with American flags and New York Stock Exchange in Manhattan, New York City, USA. (Getty Images)

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Crypto, Cash, and Condos: Singapore Ends $2.2B Laundering Case With Fines

Singapore hits banks with $21.5M in fines over a $2.2 billion money laundering scandal involving cash, property and crypto

Banks in Singapore (Aditya Chinchure/Unsplash)

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Drake Compares Fake Friends to Bitcoin's Volatility: ‘Down This Week, Up Next’

From rap verses to million-dollar crypto wagers, Drake’s high-stakes love affair with bitcoin keeps unfolding.

Canadian rapper Drake on Tuesday shared a clip of Michael Saylor’s interview on CNBC on his Instagram account, reaching over 146 million followers. (Charito Yap/Flickr)

Finance

U.S. Recession Odds on Polymarket Plunge to 22% as Trade Tensions Cool

Perceived odds of a U.S. recession peaked at 66% back in April as Wall Street banks were raising red flags, yet they have since plunged as trade negotiations advanced.

Odds of a US recession in 2025 chart (Polymarket)

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Finance

Ex-ECB Official Urges Europe to Back Euro Stablecoins or Risk Losing Financial Power

Ex-ECB board member Lorenzo Bini Smaghi warned the EU's slow roll-out of euro stablecoins could cede control to dollar-backed tokens.

Euro notes (jojooff/Pixabay)

Finance

Russian State Giant Rostec Plans Ruble-Pegged Stablecoin, Payment Platform on Tron: TASS

RUBx, based on the Tron blockchain, will be anchored to the Russian ruble and integrated with the country’s banking system.

Top of the Kremlin (Artem Beliaikin/Unsplash)

Markets

PEPE Slips 6% as Whales Load Up, Technicals Hint at Possible Bounce Amid Market Jitters

Despite the price drop, large addresses, or "whale" wallets, have grown their PEPE holdings by over 5% in the past month.

PEPE's Price Chart (CoinDesk Data)

Markets

Nano Labs Buys $50M in BNB in $1B Plan to Hold Up to 10% of Supply

The purchase is part of a larger plan and brings Nano Labs' total digital asset reserves to around $160 million.

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PEPE Climbs 10% as Golden Cross Signals Possible Further Gains in Hot Memecoin Market

The rally was accompanied by a significant spike in trading volume, with 13.7 trillion tokens traded in a single hour.

PEPE Price chart (CoinDesk Data)

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Crypto Exchange Coinone Wins South Korean Court Battle Over Doubled Bitcoin Withdrawals

The court ruled the customers benefited from unjust enrichment due to a network delay, not the exchange’s servers.

Lady Justice (Wesley Tingey/Unsplash)