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

Litecoin Slides as ETF Optimism Battles Wider Market Slowdown

Technical analysis suggests a potential "golden cross" pattern, which could precede a multi-week rally.

LTC price chart (CoinDesk Data)

Finance

MARA Holdings Nears 50K Bitcoin Treasury Milestone

The company in June saw a 25% decrease in blocks won mostly due to weather-related curtailments.

Bitcoin ASIC miner (CoinDesk Archives)

Markets

American Bitcoin, Backed by Eric and Donald Trump Jr, Pulls In $220M to Accumulate BTC

The company said $10 million of the total amount raised came in the form of bitcoin, at a rate of $104,000 per BTC.

Seed Funding Investment coins in a jar (Towfiqu barbhuiya/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Litecoin Slips Below $86 as Resistance Holds; Traders Watch Bitcoin Dominance

The decline occurred as bitcoin's dominance increased alongside lowered volatility.

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Markets

BitMine Immersion Stock Triples as It Raises $250M for Ether Treasury, Adds Thomas Lee to Board

Among investors in the share offering were Founders Fund, Pantera, and FalconX.

Stock market price charts (Anne Nygård/Unsplash)

Markets

Coinbase Outpaces S&P 500 With 43% June Rise as Stablecoin Narrative Grows: CNBC

The company's stock performance has been boosted by progress on the GENIUS Act, which could increase revenue for Coinbase through stablecoin-related income.

Coinbase (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

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Robinhood Launches Micro Bitcoin, Solana and XRP Futures Contracts

The move expands its existing crypto futures offering to its nearly 26 million funded accounts.

A Macbook Pro opened to Robinhood's website. (PiggyBank/Unsplash)

Markets

Why is XRP Up Today? Trio of Catalysts Sees Token Outperform Wider Crypto Market

XRP's price outperformed the wider crypto market over the launch of micro futures on Robinhood, greater regulatory clarity with the withdrawal of cross-apeals, and more.

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