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

Ex-Valkyrie CEO Leah Wald’s SOL Strategies Bought 24,000 SOL in March

The Solana infrastructure firm now holds over 267,000 SOL, with nearly all of it staked across its growing validator network

Solana portfolio shown on a laptop (Amjith S/Unsplash)

Finance

South Korea’s National Pension Service Eyes Blockchain for $890B Fund's Transactions

The NPS plans to invite blockchain experts and companies to participate in a preliminary disclosure process before starting a research study.

South Korea flag (Planet Volumes / Unsplash)

Markets

Cathie Wood’s ARK Buys Over $13M Worth Coinbase Shares During Market Rout

ARK Invest adds over 83,000 shares of Coinbase across multiple ETFs during the market downturn.

Ark Invest's Cathie Woods (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Posts Worst Q1 in a Decade, Raising Questions About Where the Cycle Stands


BTC fell 11.7% in Q1 2025, its weakest first quarter since 2015, as investors sold into economic uncertainty.

Where in the cycle is bitcoin price? (Emily Morter/Unsplash)

Policy

SEC Staff to Reassess Biden-Era Crypto Guidance Amid Regulatory Shakeup

This review is part of efforts to ease regulatory pressure on the digital assets sector and may lead to new regulatory frameworks.

Acting SEC Chair Mark Uyeda (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Tech

Bitcoin Developer Proposes Hard Fork to Protect BTC From Quantum Computing Threats

The proposal outlines a plan to enforce a network-wide migration of BTC from legacy wallets to ones secured by post-quantum cryptography.

Scientific equation close-up (Bozhin Karaivanov / Unsplash)

Markets

PayPal Pushes Further Into Crypto by Adding Chainlink and Solana as New Offerings


The move expands PayPal and Venmo users’ access to major cryptocurrencies amid growing regulatory clarity in the U.S.

PayPal logo on iphone screen (Marques Thomas/Unsplash)

Markets

Crypto Outperforms Nasdaq as BTC Becomes 'U.S. Isolation Hedge' Amid $5T Equities Carnage

The cryptocurrency market is showing resilience as U.S. equities plunge and investors look to bitcoin as a potential hedge

Bear and bull (Pixabay)

Markets

Gold-Backed Cryptocurrencies Retreat From All-Time Highs Amid Stock-Market Rout

The precious metal initially rallied after Trump unveiled reciprocal tariffs, but has since joined the wider market sell-off.

A gold bar (Scottsdale mint/Unsplash)

Markets


Brazil’s Largest Bank Itaú Unibanco Mulls Its Own Stablecoin

The bank’s decision will depend on regulatory developments in Brazil and the success of stablecoin rollouts by U.S. financial institutions.

Itaú's building in Colombia (Jose Gil/Unsplash)