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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Buterin says Ethereum Foundation will shrink, sell less ETH, and focus on 'CROPS'

Buterin's influence in the EF will decrease as the board expands. He framed the EF as "one node, with a defined purpose," not the center of Ethereum.

Vitalik Buterin (CoinDesk Archives)

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PCE, jobless claims and housing data test Fed cut hopes: Crypto Week Ahead

Your look at what's coming in the week starting May 25.

Economic data in newspaper (Markus Spiske)

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Fed minutes, Meta stablecoin Senate deadline: Crypto Week Ahead

Your look at what's coming in the week starting May 18.

Federal Reserve logo highlighted on a U.S. banknote (joshua-hoehne/Unsplash)

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Lombard joins LayerZero exodus as $4 billion in assets switch to Chainlink's bridge

The shift comes after the Kelp DAO exploit drained $292 million from its LayerZero-powered bridge, increasing concerns over the security of cross-chain infrastructure.

Chainlink CEO and co-founder Sergey Nazarov

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Hyperliquid leads 24-hour gains as altcoins pace bitcoin

HYPE’s surge is being fueled by Bitwise’s new spot Hyperliquid ETF and Coinbase’s expanded role as Hyperliquid’s official USDC treasury deployer.

Hyperliquid founder Jeff Yan

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Kraken to replace LayerZero with Chainlink to bridge assets across blockchains

The decision sees a total of over $3 billion in total value locked migrating after a $292 million LayerZero-powered bridge exploit involving Kelp.

Kraken on phone (PiggyBank/ Unsplash)

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Turnkey raises $12.5 million in round backed by Circle Ventures and Sequoia Capital

The new capital will primarily fund the development and public launch of Turnkey Verifiable Cloud, a secure computing product for digital assets.

Stacks of 100 dollar bills (Dmytro Glazunov/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Clarity Act markup leaves bitcoin unstirred

Your day-ahead look for May 14, 2026

The dome of the Capitol