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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Web3

Tether to Halt USDT on Omni, BCH, Kusama, EOS, Algorand as Focus Shifts to Layer 2s

The decision is due to declining usage of USDT on these networks over the past two years and as the company moves its focus to newer platforms such as Layer 2s.

U.S. Capitol and Tether (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

Coinbase’s Pudgy Penguin Avatar Change, ETF Hopes Ignite 60% PENGU Rally

The move also lifted the floor price of Pudgy Penguin NFTs and increased volume by nearly 690%.

Pudgy Penguins is a collection of 8,888 unique penguins with proof of ownership stored on the Ethereum blockchain. (Screenshot: OpenSea)

Markets

PEPE Jumps 14% as Whales Pile In, Bitcoin Breaks $118K in Broad Crypto Rally

The top 100 addresses increased their holdings by 2.3% over the past month, while exchange holdings have dropped by 2.17%.

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Markets

BNB Climbs Toward $700 as $1B Token Burn and Corporate Treasury Plans Fuel Demand

The price rise was driven by a combination of the broader cryptocurrency market rally and a fresh $1 billion token burn.

BNB price chart (CoinDesk Data)

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Finance

Alibaba Founder-Backed Ant Group to Integrate Circle’s USDC on Its Blockchain

The move is part of Ant's broader effort to build a platform that supports various forms of digital currencies, including tokenized assets.

Circle's logo on a building (Sandali Handagama/ CoinDesk)

Finance

Greece Makes First Crypto Seizure Tied to North Korea's $1.5B Bybit Hack

The Hellenic Anti-Money Laundering Authority issued a freezing order, locking the assets and preventing them from being transferred.

Bybit lost roughly $1.5 billion in crypto to a theft Friday. (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

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Markets

BNB Climbs as Faster Blocks and Tokenized Stocks Spark Investor Interest

The recent Maxwell hard fork which reduced block times and the introduction of tokenized equities by Kraken and Backed Finance have contributed to growth.

BNB price chart (CoinDesk Data)

Markets

PEPE Rises 3% as Whale Holdings Climb, Crypto Market Shakes Off Tariff Jitters

Whales increased their PEPE holdings by 1.75% to 303 trillion tokens, while the supply on exchanges decreased by 2.9%, data shows.

PEPE price chart (CoinDesk Data)