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

Latest from Krisztian Sandor


Finance

Germany's AllUnity plans Swedish krona stablecoin, pushes into AI agentic payments

The DWS and Galaxy-backed firm targets June debut for its SEKAU stablecoin as Europe pushes to build regulated local-currency alternatives to U.S. dollar tokens.

Alexander Höptner, CEO at AllUnity (AllUnity)

Finance

Pan-European stablecoin effort expands to 37 lenders in push back against U.S. dollar dominance

Qivalis, a stablecoin initiative backed by a group of European banks, aims to issue a stablecoin later this year to deepen the euro's role in tokenized finance.

Jan-Oliver Sell, CEO of Qivalis (Qivalis)

Markets

This bitcoin bear market is different with 'uniquely pessimistic' traders limiting downside, K33 says

The research firm said bitcoin traders remain unusually defensive, reducing the risk of the kind of leverage-driven collapse seen in prior downturns.

bear-and-bull-crop

Policy

SEC to propose tokenized stock framework as Wall Street efforts deepen: Bloomberg

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is reportedly poised to release a major crypto proposal as it seeks to institute its digital assets agenda.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Shutterstock)

Advertisement

Markets

Hyperliquid's USDC deal could supercharge HYPE, pressure Circle, Coinbase margins, analysts say

The revenue share deal could shift an estimated $160 million in revenue from Coinbase and Circle into Hyperliquid's ecosystem, Compass Point analysts said.

Hyperliquid founder Jeff Yan

Finance

Stripe-backed Tempo taps $7.5 billion DeFi lender Morpho to expand beyond payments

The move brings onchain yield and lending to the payments-focused chain in a bid to offer full-stack onchain finance platform to companies building on it.

Paul Frambot, CEO Morpho Labs (Morpho)

Finance

Bitmine buys the dip as Tom Lee ties ether's pullback to rising oil prices

The Ethereum treasury firm bought over 71,000 ETH last week, a sharp increase from the previous week's purchases.

Tom Lee on the Mainstage at Consensus Miami 2026

Markets

Tokenization push could pull trillions of dollars into DeFi, StanChart says

The bank projects $4 trillion of tokenized assets by 2028, boosting demand for blockchain-native lending and trading infrastructure.

Art installation reminiscent of digital ecosystems

Advertisement

Tech

Crypto security is turning into an AI arms race as agents may overwhelm compliance teams

AI agents and automated payments could reach a scale that crypto monitoring systems built for human-paced markets cannot handle, Elliptic CEO Simone Maini warned.

Elliptic CEO Simone Maini (Elliptic)

Markets

Bitcoin gives up Clarity Act gains as macro rout wipes out leveraged crypto bulls

Stocks, gold and crypto slid on Friday while crude oil topped $100 and traders repriced Fed expectations for rate hikes.

Bitcoin (BTC) price on Friday, May 15 (CoinDesk)