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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Policy

South Korea to Let Non-Profits, Exchanges Sell Crypto Under New FSC Rules

Non-profits will need to meet strict conditions such as five years of audited operations and internal committees to vet donations.

South Korea's flag (Daniel Bernard/Unsplash)

Markets

SocGen’s Crypto Arm to Launch Dollar Denominated Stablecoin on Ethereum, Reports Say

The stablecoin, initially for institutional investors, follows the launch of SG Forge’s euro stablecoin, EURCV.

Office tower at night (Vincent Wachowiak/Unsplash)

Markets

KULR Boosts Bitcoin Treasury to 800 BTC With $9M Purchase

This latest acquisition was made at an average purchase price of $103,234 per bitcoin.

KULR expands bitcoin holdings to 510 BTC (Jacco Rienks, Unsplash)

Markets

Crypto Investment Products Fully Recover From $7B Outflows Seen in February-March

Bitcoin products attracted the most inflows, while ether products saw a recovery linked to the successful Pectra upgrade.

Trading screen with price monitors and charts (Yashowardhan Singh/Unsplash)

Web3

Binance, Kraken Thwarted Social Engineering Attacks Similar to Coinbase Hack

Attackers reportedly tried bribing support agents, but Binance and Kraken’s internal systems blocked the attempts.

Hacker working on two laptops (Azamat E/Unsplash)

Policy

Alabama Man Sentenced for Hacking SEC’s Social Media to Post Fake Bitcoin ETF News

The hack in January 2024 briefly sent bitcoin’s price surging $1,000 before crashing back down minutes later.

U.S. SEC headquarters in Washington (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Markets

World Liberty's Stablecoin Now Available on Multiple Networks Via Chainlink

The integration, initially supporting Ethereum and BNB Chain, addresses cross-chain security concerns and aims to expand USD1’s reach, the firms said.

Consensus 2025: Zak Folkman, Eric Trump

Markets

Wisconsin Sells Entire $350M Spot Bitcoin ETF Stake

The move came after the state investment board doubled its exposure to spot bitcoin ETFs late last year as markets fell.

Wisconsin sign