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.

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Markets

Tokenized Treasury Funds Pass $2B Market Cap Amid BlackRock’s Explosive Growth

BlackRock's BUIDL has quickly topped $500 million in market cap.

Tokenized Treasury funds passed $2 billion in market cap on Saturday. (Source: RWA.xyz)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Consolidates at $64K Before Next Push Higher

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Aug. 26, 2024.

Bitcoin price on Aug. 26 (CoinDesk)

Markets

U.S. Moves $600M of Silk Road Bitcoin to Coinbase Prime, but Not Necessarily to Sell

Bitcoin continued under pressure for the day at around $59,000.

(Alpha Photo/Flickr)

Markets

Bitcoin Price May Turn Lower as Crypto Exchanges See $1B USDT Withdrawal: IntoTheBlock

The previous two occasions when exchanges saw similar USDT outflows earlier this year occurred near local tops in bitcoin's price.

Bitcoin price on Aug 14 (CoinDesk)

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Finance

TON Crypto Ecosystem Gets Its Own Venture Fund to Invest $40M in Consumer Apps

The TON ecosystem has seen explosive growth lately with web3 games such as Hamster Kombat attracting many millions of users.

(TON Ventures)

Finance

MetaMask Starts Rollout of Blockchain-Based Debit Card Developed With Mastercard, Baanx

The new offering will allow MetaMask users to purchase directly from their self-custodial crypto wallet.

MetaMask debit card (MetaMask)

Markets

Crypto Wallet Holding $2B Mt. Gox Bitcoin Sends Test Transaction as Distribution Continues: Arkham

Some users in the Mt. Gox creditors channel on Reddit reported receiving funds on their BitGo accounts.

Mt. Gox Creditor Kolin Burges confronts Former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles (CoinDesk)

Finance

Asset Manager Grayscale Introduces Crypto Fund for MakerDAO's MKR

The company unveiled similar single-asset trusts for TAO and SUI and a fund that invests in a basket of decentralized artificial intelligence-focused tokens over the past month.

Grayscale ad in NYC (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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German State-Owned Development Bank Prepares for Tokenized Bond Issuance with Boerse Stuttgart Digital in ECB Trial

Traditional finance institutions are increasingly exploring ways of putting assets like bonds, credit and funds on blockchain rails, known as RWA tokenization, to pursue operational benefits.

Frankfurt, Germany (Sinan Erg/Unsplash)

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Tether's USDT and Circle's USDC Combined Supply Grew $3B Amid Crypto Market Rebound

Stablecoins serve a key role in the crypto space and their expanding supply is usually a sign of health of the broader market.

Ethereum ETFs drew in inflows despite ETH's plunge on Monday.(Shutterstock)