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

Crypto Trading Drove Over 90% of eToro’s Second Quarter Revenue

eToro reported $2.09 billion in total revenue in Q2, with cryptoassets contributing $1.91 billion.

EToro (CoinDesk Archives)

Markets

BNB Climbs Above $810 as Buyers Target $815 Resistance

BNB’s price action, characterized by continued buying and retests of support levels, suggests potential institutional accumulation.

BNB price (CoinDesk Data)

Finance

Transak Raises $16M From IDG Capital, Tether to Scale Stablecoin Payment Network

Transak plans to use the funds to expand its stablecoin payments stack and enter new markets, the company said.

Seed Funding Investment coins in a jar (Towfiqu barbhuiya/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Finance

Circle Unveils Layer-1 Blockchain Arc, Reports $428 Million Q2 Loss

Circle's Q2 financials showed $658 million in revenue, but a net loss of $482 million due to non-cash IPO-linked items.

Circle logo on a shop front (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finance

Stripe Building Payments Blockchain 'Tempo' With Paradigm: Fortune

The project is in stealth mode and may have a team of five, with plans to run code compatible with Ethereum.

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

Markets

BNB Swings 4% in 24 Hours, Testing $800 Resistance

BNB saw significant trading volume, with over 146,000 tokens traded in a single hour during the initial rally.

BNB price analysis (CoinDesk Data)

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Markets

CEA Industries Becomes Largest Corporate Holder of BNB With $160M Buy

The acquisition comes shortly after the firm closed a $500 million private placement led by 10X Capital and YZi Labs.

A pair of hands resting on a keyboard with an iPad showing graphs and price quotes. (Kanchanara/Unsplash)