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

Figment Eyes Up to $200M Worth of Acquisitions in Crypto M&A Push: Report


Figment is targeting regional players on Cosmos and Solana networks at a time in which pro-crypto U.S. policy is fueling dealmaking

Figment CEO Lorien Gabel (CoinDesk Archives)

Markets

Chart of the Week: '10x Money Multiplier' for Bitcoin Could Take Wall Street by Storm

Publicly traded firms relentlessly buying bitcoin for their balance sheet could result in 'significant buy pressure.'

Could BTC price rise 44% from firms buying in the open market? (Getty Images)

Markets

Gold-Backed Crypto Minting Volume Hits 3-Year High as Central Bank Buying Drops

A surge in demand, particularly from ETFs, pushed the average quarterly gold price to a record high.

Stacked gold bars (Scottsdale Mint/Unsplash)

Markets

A Tiny Company Wants to Buy $20M TRUMP Token to Change U.S.-Mexico Trade Deals

Freight Technologies, which also invested in FET tokens, says it's aiming to strengthen its technology and geopolitical positioning.

President Donald Trump (Getty Images)

Policy

Arizona Governor Calls Crypto an ‘Untested Investment,’ Vetoes Bitcoin Reserve Bill

The bill, Senate Bill 1025, aimed to create a digital assets reserve managed by the state.

Documents inside of a box (vuk burgic/Unsplash)

Markets

‘Like Spitting on a Fire’: Tether CEO Slams EU Deposit Protections Amid Bank Failure Warnings


Paolo Ardoino criticizes EU rules that could force stablecoin issuers to rely on fragile banks and warned about potential bank failures in the future.

Tether CTO Paolo Ardoino at Paris Blockchain Week on April 14, 2022. (Twitter/Bitfinex, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

CME Group Crypto Derivatives Volume Soars 129% in April With ETH Leading the Charge


The exchange saw its crypto derivatives volumes rise sharply to $8.9 billion in April, led by ether futures growth.

Stock market price charts (Anne Nygård/Unsplash)

Markets

Kraken's Quarterly Revenue Jumps 19% to $472M in Q1, Trading Volume Rises by 29%

The exchange posted adjusted EBITDA of $187 million, a 1% increase from the previous quarter and a 17% rise year-over-year.

Kraken's homepage on a laptop (Piggy Bank/Unsplash)