Krisztian Sandor

Krisztian Sandor is a U.S. markets reporter focusing on stablecoins, tokenization, real-world assets. He graduated from New York University's business and economic reporting program before joining CoinDesk. He holds BTC, SOL and ETH.

Krisztian Sandor

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Finance

BlackRock’s $2.5B Tokenized Fund Gets Listed as Collateral on Binance, Expands to BNB Chain

The $2.5 billion BUIDL fund, tokenized by Securitize, deepens its utility for institutional traders and expands to a new blockchain.

Binance (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Ether Tumbles 8% as ETFs Bleed Over $1.4B, Long-Term Holders Sell

ETH plunged below $3,100 on Friday as the crypto selloff accelerated with bitcoin losing the $100,000 level.

Ether (ETH) price on Nov 14 (CoinDesk)

Finance

Tom Lee's Ethereum Treasury Firm BitMine Immersion Appoints Chi Tsang as CEO

Tsang has replaced Jonathan Bates, who led the former bitcoin mining firm from its early days through its pivot to an Ethereum treasury strategy.

Ethereum News

Markets

Chainlink Breaks Below $14.50 Amid Broader Selloff; Reserve Adds 74K LINK Despite Losses

Technical breakdown occurred despite positive institutional developments as volume surged during selloff

"LINK Falls 3% Below $15 Amid ETF Rally Breakdown and Surge in Selloff Volume"

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Markets

Bitcoin Crumbles Below $100K, Crypto Stocks Eviscerated as Liquidity Crunch Hammers Risk Markets

Crypto’s U.S. trading-hour weakness continues as hopes for a new 2025 BTC high fade, a market strategist said.

Bitcoin (BTC) price falls below $100,000 (CoinDesk)

Finance

Solana-Focused Upexi Approves $50M Share Buyback as Digital Asset Treasuries Turn to Repurchases

The Solana-centric company is joining a growing list of crypto treasury companies opting to buy back shares as investor appetite for DATs vane.

Stylized solana graphic

Finance

BNY Eyes $1.5T Stablecoin Market With New Reserve Fund for Issuers

The bank aims to provide a key piece of infrastructure for stablecoin issuers to back the value of their tokens, similarly to BlackRock's Circle Reserve Fund for USDC.

BNY office (BNY, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Circle Unveils StableFX to Power Onchain Currency Trading on Upcoming Arc Blockchain

The USDC issuer's new stablecoin foreign exchange engine aims to modernize cross-border payments, reduce risk and streamline settlement.

Jeremy Allaire, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, Circle Speaks at Hong Kong Fintech Week in 2024 (HK Fintech Week)

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Leap Therapeutics Surges 300% on $50M Winklevoss-Backed Zcash Bet

The company is also rebranding as Cypherpunk Technologies with ticker change to CYPH, effective Thursday.

Gemini co-founders Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss at White House (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

LINK Drops 4% as Chainlink ETF News Fails to Push Break of Technical Resistance

The oracle token encountered selling pressure at $16.25 alongside a sizable decline in the broader crypto market.

Chainlink Falls 2% to $15.28 Amid ETF Resistance at $16.25