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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Finance

Metaplanet Brings Bitcoin Holdings to More Than 20K With Latest Purchase

The firm Monday announced a modest acquisition of 136 BTC.

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Markets

Bybit Resumes Full Crypto Trading in India After Paying $1M Fine, Securing Compliance

The exchange had suspended most services in January 2025 due to operating without proper registration under anti-money laundering rules.

Bybit lost roughly $1.5 billion in crypto to a theft Friday. (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

Markets

Spot Ether ETFs Shed $952M Over 5 Days as Recession Fears Grow

Despite the outflows, ether rose by more than 16% in the past month, driven in part by the passage of the GENIUS Act.

Ether price chart on a smartphone screen (Cedrik Wesche/Unsplash)

Markets


ARK Invest Snaps Up $23.5M in BitMine and Bullish Shares Across Flagship ETFs

The purchases, disclosed in recent trade filings, consisted of 387,000 shares of BitMine and 144,000 shares of Bullish, with ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) leading the way.

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Finance

StablecoinX Secures $530M Investment to Back Ethena-Linked Treasury

The funds will be used to acquire an expected 3 billion ENA, according to StablecoinX, a dedicated treasury vehicle for the stablecoin protocol.

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Finance

Brazil’s Largest Private Asset Manager Itaú Launches Crypto-Focused Division

The new unit, led by former Hashdex executive João Marco Braga da Cunha, will operate within Itaú's multidesk investment structure, which oversees $21.6 billion in assets.

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Finance

Sora Ventures to Buy $1B in Bitcoin With New Treasury Fund

The fund aims to strengthen Asia's network of bitcoin treasury firms and has secured $200 million from investors in the region.

Here’s why bitcoin’s is failing its role as a 'safe haven'

Web3

Etherscan Expands to Sei Blockchain as Network's Trading Volume Tops $1.3B

Seiscan adapts Etherscan's widely used interface to Sei's EVM-compatible network, offering familiar features to users.

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Markets

PEPE Faces 15% Downside Risk as Trading Volumes and On-Chain Activity Plunge

Network activity has declined, with daily active addresses dropping to fewer than 3,000, and technical analysis suggesting a possible 15% drop.

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Markets

BNB Gains 1.5% as Corporate Accumulation Eyes Larger Share of Supply

The advance came as broader crypto markets rose and after CEA Industries announced it expanded its BNB stash to 388,888 tokens worth $330 million.

BNB price chart (CoinDesk Data)