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

MARA Holdings to buy Long Ridge Energy in $1.5 billion AI data center push

The deal includes a 505 MW gas plant and 1,600 acres in Ohio, offering over 1 GW power capacity for future AI and IT buildout.

Data center (Taylor Vick/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin faces $80,000 resistance as derivatives show signs of risk aversion

Bitcoin faces profit-taking pressure near $80,000, backed up by a U.S. inflation report that comes as high oil prices and rising bond yields weigh on risk assets.

Oil refinery belching clouds of smoke into the air

Policy

U.K.'s Farage faces standards probe over $6.7 million gift from Tether billionaire Christopher Harborne

The Conservative and Labour parties argued Nigel Farage broke Commons rules by not declaring the £5 million, but Reform UK said it was an exempt, personal, unconditional gift.

Nigel Farage (Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons)

CoinDesk Indices

Crypto Long & Short: Guide, deliver, repeat: the hidden driver of token performance

In this week’s Crypto Long & Short Newsletter, Jordan Brewer writes on the missing piece in token markets: institutional-grade investor relations. Then, Martin Burgherr breaks down how crypto markets are maturing, becoming more efficient and lower risk for institutions.

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Markets

Wall Street is launching the first ever prediction market ETFs for U.S. elections

SEC-regulated funds use swaps tied to binary-event contracts and aim to expand access to election trading through retail brokerage accounts.

Kalshi will have a prediction contract weighed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

MoonPay acquires Israeli crypto security firm Sodot in $100 million stock deal

The acquisition gives MoonPay the security infrastructure for a new institutional business led by former CFTC Acting Chair Caroline Pham.

Calculator next to price charts (Jakub Żerdzicki/Unsplash)

Policy

Polymarket reportedly seeking CFTC approval to reopen main exchange to U.S. traders

If approved, the move would help Polymarket compete with Kalshi in the U.S., and bring more event-trading activity under CFTC regulatory oversight.

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Finance

Galaxy Digital delivers first data center tranche to CoreWeave after narrowing Q1 loss

Galaxy secured approval to double its Helios data center power capacity to over 1.6GW, building on its strategic expansion into AI infrastructure.

Data center (Taylor Vick/Unsplash)