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

UniCredit warns Europe may struggle to contain crypto-bank crisis under MiCA rules

EU deposit insurance (up to €100,000) may not absorb stress from large stablecoin reserve accounts, unlike the full protection offered by U.S. regulators.

European Parliament building (Guillaume Périgois/Unsplash)

Finance

VanEck launches first U.S. spot BNB ETF on Nasdaq

The ETF offers investors BNB exposure through traditional brokerage accounts without requiring them to directly buy or store the token.

Stock trading chart next to watchlist (Tötös Ádám/Unsplash)


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Crypto Long & Short: How the GENIUS Act repriced bitcoin's monetary premium

In this week's Crypto Long & Short, Ravi Tanuku on why the GENIUS Act didn't just regulate stablecoins, it repriced Bitcoin's monetary premium. Then, Jesper Johansen on why looped ETH staking no longer needs a lending market.

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Finance

Major crypto exchanges increase transfer scrutiny with HTX over UK sanctions

The UK sanctioned crypto exchange HTX due to alleged ties to Russian sanctions evasion networks and illicit financial activity.

CoinMarketCap showing top crypto prices (Behnam Norouzi/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

Singapore charges former Hodlnaut CEO Zhu Juntao over Terra collapse claims

Zhu allegedly directed staff to publish false claims that Hodlnaut had no direct exposure to the TerraUSD collapse on Telegram and in customer emails.

Banks in Singapore (Aditya Chinchure/Unsplash)

Finance

UK sanctions Huobi and ruble stablecoin issuer in crackdown on Russia crypto networks

Britain applied banking-style sanctions to crypto exchanges for the first time, requiring U.K. financial firms to freeze funds and trace transactions.

The Kremlin in Moscow (Artem Beliaikin/Unsplash)

Policy

Spain joins growing list of countries shutting out Polymarket and Kalshi

The platforms were blocked for operating without licenses required by Spanish gambling law, citing a lack of safeguards for minors and self-excluded gamblers.

Kalshi website shown on a laptop.