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.

Francisco Rodrigues

Latest from Francisco Rodrigues


Finance

PayPal-Backed Raise Secures $63M to Expand Blockchain-Based Gift Card System

The company aims to bring digital gift cards on-chain, turning them into a “programmable retail currency.”

Gift (CoinDesk archive)

Markets

Gold-Back Cryptos Outperform as Precious Metal ETF Inflows Near Three-Year High

The price of gold is up nearly 11% so far in 2025 and 43% over the past 12 months.

Gold bar (Scottsdale mint/Unsplash)

Markets

Bybit Declares ‘War on Lazarus’ as It Crowdsources Effort to Freeze Stolen Funds

The exchange is offering a 5% bounty for submissions that could lead to stolen funds being frozen.

Bybit logo

Markets

Grayscale Files for Polkadot ETF, Adding to Portfolio of Offered Funds

This filing follows similar moves for XRP and Cardano ETFs after the SEC adopted a more crypto-friendly approach.

Grayscale advertisement on stairs (Grayscale)

Markets

Payments Card Issuer Infini Offers Reward for Return of Funds After $49 Million Exploit

The neobank offered the perpetrator 20% of the stolen funds to return the money within 48 hours, threatening legal action otherwise.

Glasses in front of monitors with code (Kevin Ku/Unsplash)

Markets

DekaBank Rolls Out Crypto Trading, Custody Services for Institutions: Bloomberg

The bank, with over 370 billion euros in assets under management, is emphasizing security and regulatory compliance.

German flag over Deutscher Reichstag (Norbert Braun/Unsplash)

Finance

Bybit Sees Over $4 Billion ‘Bank Run’ After Crypto’s Biggest Hack

The exchange, facing a bank run and needing to process withdrawals, worked to secure a loan and developed new software to access frozen funds.

Bybit CEO Ben Zhou (Danny Nelson/ CoinDesk)

Markets

Binance Research Survey Shows 95% of Latin American Crypto Users Plan to Buy More in 2025

The survey found that investors entered the cryptocurrency space looking for significant returns and financial freedom.

Binance investor on ipad with keyboard (Kanchanara/Unsplash)

Pageof 10