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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Markets

XRP, APT, ADA Tumble Another 15%; Investors May Be Paring Longs Ahead of CPI Data

Bitcoin is again outperforming, sliding just 3% back to $95,000.

Bear (mana5280/Unsplash)

Finance

Tether’s Paolo Ardoino: Building Beyond USDT

Tether continued to rake in billions from its leading stablecoin. But, this year, it also invested more widely, in payments, telecoms, AI and bitcoin mining.

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Markets

Crypto Crumbles in Broad Selloff Led 20% Declines Across Numerous Altcoins

Bitcoin was an outperformer, but still lower by 5% over the past 24 hours to just above $95,000.

Ether has fallen below a key bull market trendline.  (Eva Blue/Unsplash)

Finance

MicroStrategy Makes Another Large Bitcoin Purchase, Buying 21,550 BTC for $2.1B

This latest buying spree brought the company's total holdings to 423,650 tokens worth nearly $42 billion.

Michael Saylor at Bitcoin 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee

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Policy

Circle Claims Bragging Rights of USDC Becoming First Regulated Stablecoin in Canada

Pressure mounts on crypto exchanges operating in the country to comply with tighter rules to list stablecoins by the end of this year.

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Bitcoin at $100K: The Financial World Reacts

After BTC hit $100,000, growing from zero to $2 trillion in a decade and a half, CoinDesk rounded up reactions — from believers and skeptics — to the milestone.

People respond to BTC reaching $100,000, including Trump, Schiff and Bukele

Markets

Bitcoin Hits Major Milestone of $100K, Nears $2 Trillion Market Value

The early November election of crypto-friendly Donald Trump restarted what had been a stalled rally through much of 2024.

Bitcoin tops $100K

Markets

Bitcoin Jumps to $99K as Spiking Coinbase Premium Points to Strong U.S. Buying

Spot BTC prices were at times $300 pricier on Coinbase relative to Binance, suggesting the rally may be driven by heavy demand from American investors.

Bitcoin price on Dec. 4 (CoinDesk)

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Markets

Binance's BNB Hits Fresh Record, Breaks Out of 3-Year Range as Altcoin Rotation Accelerates

Older cryptocurrencies with regulatory overhang were among the biggest gainers over the past month as Donald Trump's election victory promises a friendlier U.S. regulatory environment toward digital assets.

BNB price broke above $700 to new record highs (TradingView)

Markets

Ether Rises 8% Amid Slumping Bitcoin Dominance

Fed Chair Jerome Powell said bitcoin is competing against gold, not the U.S. dollar, in an appearance on Wednesday.

ETH keeps rising. Credit: TradingView