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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Finance

Robinhood Expands Private Equity Token Push With New Venture Capital Fund

The fund would invest in a basket of private companies across various industries and hold them through IPO and beyond.

Robinhood website (PiggyBank/ Unsplash/ Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

PEPE Price Sinks 6% Amid Market Sell-Off as Whales Accumulate

The drop in PEPE's value was part of a wider crypto market drawdown, with the CoinDesk 20 index losing 1.8% of its value, and memecoins being especially hard hit.

PEPE USD price chart (CoinDesk Data)

Web3

Monero Suffers Deepest-Ever Blockchain Reorganization, Invalidating 118 Transactions

The reorganization was pinned on Qubic, which has acquired over half of Monero's mining power last month and uses XMR rewards to buy and burn its own token.

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

Markets

Fed Rate Decision, MKR-SKY Conversion Deadline: Crypto Week Ahead

Your look at what's coming in the week starting Sept. 15

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell walks with Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda in Grand Teton National Park

Markets

Memecoins Rally as Traders Bet on Fed Rate Cut and U.S. Altcoin ETFs

Bitcoin's market share has dropped 3.5% in the past month, with indexes tracking it against altcoins entering "Altseason" territory.

Styllized bull (Midjourney/Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

TON Strategy Starts Share Buyback, Treasury Staking After Shares Plunge 40%

The company has also begun staking its TON holdings, which total 217.5 million tokens, to earn rewards and generate yield.

Price charts. on various screens (Jakub Żerdzicki/Unsplash)

Markets

WisdomTree Launches Tokenized Private Credit Fund

The fund has a low minimum investment of $25 and offers two-day redemptions.

Stock market price charts (Anne Nygård/Unsplash)

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Markets

BONE Price Surges 40% After Shibarium Flash Loan Exploit

The attacker used a flash loan to buy 4.6 million BONE tokens, gain majority validator power, and siphon assets from the bridge.

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

Web3

Polymarket Connects to Chainlink to Cut Tampering Risks in Price Bets

Chainlink will supply data for objective, fact-based markets. The challenge of reliably resolving more subjective bets remains.

Stock market price charts (Anne Nygård/Unsplash)