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

Prediction markets beat Wall Street in forecasting inflation, Kalshi says

Kalshi's markets aggregate information from diverse traders with financial incentives, creating a "wisdom of the crowd" effect, the platform said.

Kalshi website on a laptop.

Crypto Daybook Americas

Bitcoin finds its legs: Crypto Daybook Americas

Your day-ahead look for Dec. 22, 2025

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Markets

Uniswap vote, U.S. GDP: Crypto Week Ahead

Your look at what's coming in the week starting Dec. 22.

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Finance

VanEck's new Avalanche ETF filing to include staking rewards for AVAX investors

The fund will use Coinbase Crypto Services as its initial staking provider and pay a 4% service fee, with rewards accruing to the fund and reflected in its net asset value.

(VanEck)

Finance

Hilbert Group buys Enigma Nordic in $32 million deal to boost crypto trading edge

The deal includes performance-based earn-outs contingent on Enigma's strategies generating $40 million in net income.

(CoinDesk)

Web3

Crypto user loses $50 million in 'address poisoning' scam

The scammer sent a small "dust" amount to the victim's transaction history, causing the victim to copy the address and send $50M to the scammer's address.

16:9 Fraud, scam (brandwayart/Pixabay)

Finance

Brazil’s Gen Z drives crypto boom as stablecoins, income tokens surge

Digital fixed-income products are experiencing rapid growth, with $325 million distributed on Mercado Bitcoin's platform in 2025.

Brazil flag (Shutterstock)

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Finance

Most Influential: Jeff Yan

Jeff Yan, founder of Hyperliquid, has quietly built a $308 billion volume DEX with over half a million users, influencing DeFi while avoiding public attention.

Jeff Yan