Francisco Rodrigues

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Crypto stocks pare gains as bitcoin retreats from $90,000 rally

Crypto December 18, 2025

The rally in crypto-linked stocks faded shortly after it started as bitcoin BTC $86,694.68 reversed from a move above $90,000. BTC is now trading around $86,500, down about 3.9% in the past hour. OοΏ½...

Hut 8 and Coinbase outperform as Crypto stocks jump on bitcoin's sudden rally

Crypto December 18, 2025

Shares of crypto-linked companies are rallying after the price of bitcoin BTC $86,694.68 surged more than 2.8% in an hour to rise above $90,000, marking a fresh high and reigniting interest across tοΏ½...

Most Influential: Vlad Tenev

Crypto December 18, 2025

Vlad Tenev, CEO and co-founder of Robinhood, has spent the year turning the trading app into a serious player in the crypto industry. This feature is a part of CoinDesk'sΒ Most Influential 2025 list....

TradFi giant EquiLend backs Digital Prime to link $40 trillion pool with tokenized markets

Crypto December 18, 2025

EquiLend, a securities finance utility giant with $40 trillion in lendable assets, said it made a "strategic" minority investment in Digital Prime Technologies, a regulated crypto financing provider.οΏ½...

YO Labs Raises $10M to Scale Cross-Chain Crypto Yield Optimization Protocol

Crypto December 15, 2025

YO Labs, the development team behind YO Protocol, has raised $10 million in a Series A round to expand its crypto yield optimization platform. Venture capital firm Foundation Capital led the round, οΏ½...

Brazil’s Largest Asset Manager Recommends Investors Put Up to 3% of their Money in Bitcoin to Hedge Against FX, Market Shocks

Crypto December 14, 2025

Brazils largest privately-owned asset manager, ItΓ‘u Asset Management, has recommended investors allocate 1% to 3% of their portfolios to bitcoin BTC $90,237.70. In a year-end note, Renato Eid, head...

Backed, Chainlink Unveil xBridge to Move Tokenized Stocks Between Solana and Ethereum

Crypto December 13, 2025

Backed Finance is introducing xBridge, a new cross-chain bridge designed to move tokenized stocks across blockchains without losing track of stock splits, dividends or other corporate actions. UnveiοΏ½...

Coinbase Taps Chainlink CCIP as Sole Bridge for $7B in Wrapped Tokens Across Chains

Crypto December 12, 2025

Coinbase has picked Chainlinks Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) as the exclusive bridge for all Coinbase Wrapped Assets, linking them to the same Chainlink oracle networks that feed priceοΏ½...

Revolut and Trust Wallet Launch Instant Crypto Buys in EU With Self-Custody Focus

Crypto December 12, 2025

Fintech giant Revolut and Binance-owned Trust Wallet announced Thursday that they are teaming up to make crypto purchases faster and easier for European users, without giving up control of their asseοΏ½...

Most Influential: Pump.fun

Crypto December 11, 2025

Memecoin factory Pump.fun became one of the most influential and polarizing forces in crypto this year, powering a surge of token creation, fueling speculative excess, and testing the limits of retaiοΏ½...