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

BitMine Immersion Sets Up to $1B Buyback as Share Price Cools

The Tom Lee-led company signaled an intent to possibly repurchase stock should the share value decline below the net asset value of its ether holdings.

Stock market price charts (Anne Nygård/Unsplash)

Finance

Bitmain Plans Its First U.S. Crypto Mining Facility: Bloomberg

The plant will mark a significant shift for Bitmain, which currently produces mining hardware in southeast Asia.

Bitcoin ASIC miner (CoinDesk Archives)

Markets

CoinShares Launches Zero-Fee SEI ETP With Staking Yield Across Europe

Crypto ETPs in Europe are plentiful, yet they haven't been adopted the way spot bitcoin ETFs in the U.S. have.

CoinShares CEO Jean-Marie Mognetti

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Finance

Stablecoin-Focused Bitcoin Sidechain Plasma Draws $373M in Oversubscribed Token Sale

The Plasma network will hold $1 billion in stablecoins at launch and offer fee-free stablecoin transfers.

Plasma (Unsplash)

Markets

BNB Rises Over 6% Amid U.S.-EU Trade Deal and $610M Corporate Buying

BNB's trading volume surged by 170%, with the price reaching a high of $860.86 before pulling back slightly.

BNB price chart (CoinDesk Data)

Finance

Michael Saylor Is Bringing Bitcoin-Backed Money-Market-Style Vehicle to Wall Street: NYDIG

The offering doesn't give investors direct bitcoin exposure, but rather uses the asset's historical return profile to sustain high payouts.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk)

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Finance

Crypto Still Seen as 'Risky' Among U.S. Investors Despite Ownership Surging 8x Since 2018: Survey

Despite growing ownership rates, most Americans view cryptocurrency as a risky investment, with 64% of U.S. investors considering it "very risky."

Typing on a laptop ( Glenn Carstens-Peters/Unsplash)

Finance

A Japanese AI Firm Plans to Buy 3,000 Bitcoin Over Next 12 Months

The decision to invest in bitcoin was driven by the depreciation of fiat currencies, rising global financial uncertainty, and a desire to diversify its asset portfolio.

artificial intelligence (AI) key on a keyboard (BoliviaInteligente/Unsplash)