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

Crypto Investment Products Fully Recover From $7B Outflows Seen in February-March

Bitcoin products attracted the most inflows, while ether products saw a recovery linked to the successful Pectra upgrade.

Price chart on exchange ticking up (Yashowardhan Singh/Unsplash)

Web3

Binance, Kraken Thwarted Social Engineering Attacks Similar to Coinbase Hack

Attackers reportedly tried bribing support agents, but Binance and Kraken’s internal systems blocked the attempts.

Hacker working on two laptops (Azamat E/Unsplash)

Policy

Alabama Man Sentenced for Hacking SEC’s Social Media to Post Fake Bitcoin ETF News

The hack in January 2024 briefly sent bitcoin’s price surging $1,000 before crashing back down minutes later.

U.S. SEC headquarters in Washington (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

World Liberty's Stablecoin Now Available on Multiple Networks Via Chainlink

The integration, initially supporting Ethereum and BNB Chain, addresses cross-chain security concerns and aims to expand USD1’s reach, the firms said.

Consensus 2025: Zak Folkman, Eric Trump

Markets

Wisconsin Sells Entire $350M Spot Bitcoin ETF Stake

The move came after the state investment board doubled its exposure to spot bitcoin ETFs late last year as markets fell.

Wisconsin sign

Markets

MoonPay Mastercard Launch Crypto Card, Allowing Users to Make Merchant Payments With Stablecoins

The partnership is set to allow crypto wallets to issue virtual Mastercards, expanding access to real-world stablecoin payments

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

Markets

Metaplanet’s Leverages Its Bitcoin Stash of Over 5K BTC to Generate Record Profit of $4M

The company’s aggressive bitcoin accumulation has made it the 11th-largest public company by bitcoin holdings globally

BTC in stasis ahead of the jobs report (AhmadArdity/Pixabay)