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

Chainlink, Mastercard Tie-Up to Let Nearly 3B Cardholders Buy Crypto On-Chain

The partnership is part of Mastercard's expanding efforts in the cryptocurrency space, following recent collaborations with Moonpay and Kraken.

Mastercard debit card next to phone with price chart (CardMapr.nl/Unsplash)

Finance

U.S. Housing Regulator Could Let Crypto Be Considered in Mortgage Applications

Director Bill Pulte said that the FHFA will examine whether cryptocurrency holdings should help when it comes to U.S. home loans.

Houses in a neighbourhood for mortgage (Paul Kapischka/Unsplash)

Markets

Hedge Fund Veterans Plan $100M BNB Treasury Bet

The move comes amid a growing trend of corporations adopting bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as treasury reserve assets.

Binance logo on a smartphone (Vadim Artyukhin/Unsplash)

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Markets

BNB Sees Modest Gains Following Iran Strikes

BNB is holding steady above $616 support as network activity and a key upgrade fuel investor interest.

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Markets

Brazil’s Méliuz Buys $28.6M in Bitcoin, Becomes Top Public BTC Holder in Latin America

The company reported a BTC yield of 908%, ranking it among the largest among bitcoin treasury companies.

Brazil's flag (Rafaela Biazi/Unsplash)

Finance

Veda Raises $18M to Expand DeFi Vault Infrastructure Powering Over $3.7B in Assets

The funding round was led by CoinFund and comes as the firm aims to simplify DeFi yields for apps and institutions across blockchains

Veda management team with CEO Sunand Raghupathi in the middle. (Veda)

Finance

Unicoin to Buy Majority Stake in Diamond Lake, Will Launch Altcoin Treasury Strategy

The acquisition comes as Unicoin faces SEC charges for allegedly defrauding investors of $100 million.

Unicoin CEO Alex Konanykhin (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Finance

Czech Government Survives No-Confidence Vote Over $45M Bitcoin Donation

Lawmakers rejected an attempt to oust Prime Minister Fiala after a controversial $45M bitcoin donation to the state was accepted.

Czech Republic flag on top of building in Prague (R M/Unsplash)