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

Toncoin Falls as Nasdaq Flags Rule Violation in $273M Purchase by Major Holder

Nasdaq reprimanded TON Strategy, a major holder of TON, for failing to obtain shareholder approval before issuing stock to finance a $272.7 million purchase.

"TON Price Drops 4.4% to $2.18 Amid Strong Selling and Key Support Breakdown with Late Recovery"

Markets

BNB Slides 6% as Price Breaks Below Key $1,080 Support Level

The breakdown occurred during a broader crypto market downturn, with BNB's move possibly reflecting spillover effects from the decline.

BNBUSD price chart (CoinDesk Data)

Finance

Banco Inter, Chainlink Power Real-Time CBDC Trade Settlement Between Brazil and Hong Kong

The pilot, part of Brazil's Drex initiative, used Chainlink's infrastructure to connect Brazil's Drex network with Hong Kong's Ensemble platform.

Chainlink CEO and co-founder Sergey Nazarov


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Finance

HIVE Digital's Mining Capacity Hits 23 EH/s as Bitcoin Output Funds AI Shift

The company is converting parts of its mining footprint into AI-ready data centers, including a site in Grand Falls, New Brunswick, that could support 25,000 GPUs.

Data center servers (Taylor Vick/Unsplash)

Markets

Miners, Robinhood Earnings and Interest-Rate Decisions: Crypto Week Ahead

Your look at what's coming in the week starting Nov. 3.

An engineer sits at a bank of crypto mining rigs.

Markets

Latin American Crypto Exchange Ripio Launches Argentine Peso Stablecoin 'wARS'

The launch follows Ripio's previous release of a tokenized sovereign bond and is part of a broader push to bring real-world assets onto blockchain rails.

Flag of Argentina (Angelica Reyes/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

ARK Invest’s Crypto Exposure Tops $2.15B as Bullish Holdings Rise Across 3 Funds

ARK Invest increased its stake in Bullish by 105,000 shares, worth $5.3 million, to 2.27 million shares valued at $114 million. Its crypto exposure now tops $2.15 billion.

(Midjourney/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Finance

Brazil’s OranjeBTC Joins Wave of Struggling Crypto Treasury Firms Turning to Buybacks

The move is part of a growing trend among DAT companies, including ETHZilla, Metaplanet, Sequans, and Empery Digital.

(Midjourney/Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Crypto Markets Today: Bitcoin Slips, Altcoins Slide as AI Spending Concerns Hit U.S. Equities

Token prices were hit after a sell-off in U.S. equities as Meta and Microsoft raised their AI investment projections, prompting overspending concerns.

Blockchain Technology