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

Bitcoin Hits $52K, Regains $1T Market Cap; Genesis Cleared to Sell $1.3B GBTC Shares

Some traders are targeting the $64,000 level in the coming weeks as demand from spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund products grows.

Bitcoin price on Feb. 14 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Drops 2% on Hotter-Than-Expected U.S. Inflation

The January CPI reading reduced expectations for interest-rate cuts in the next months, weighing on risk assets such as crypto.

Bitcoin fell from the $50,000 level after the January CPI report. (CoinDesk)

Finance

Fordefi Raises $10M to Make Crypto Safer With Institutional-Grade Wallet to Retail-Facing Platforms

The company has onboarded institutional investors such as Pantera Capital, DeFiance Capital, Keyrock and Flare Network to its MPC wallet, and secured over $3 billion in blockchain transaction volume.

Founders of Fordefi (clockwise): Michael Volfman, Dima Kogan and Josh Schwartz (Fordefi)

Markets

Bitcoin Runs Into $50K Resistance as Sellers Step In on Binance, Coinbase

Bitcoin approached the $50,000 level Monday for the first time in more than two years, but selling pressure on exchanges stalled the advance.

Bitcoin slides back into familiar range (Shutterstock)

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Bitcoin Tops $50K as Spot ETF Inflows Accelerate; ETH Rallies Amid Franklin Templeton's Filing

Bitcoin topped Monday the $50,000 for the first time since December 2021, and could run further towards $52,000, one analyst noted.

Bitcoin price on February 12 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Tops $47K as Spot Bitcoin ETFs Book One of Their Best Days

Spot bitcoin ETFs attracted Thursday their third-largest net inflows since debut, increasing their holdings by 9,260 BTC.

Bitcoin price on February 9 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Solana Gains More Than Bitcoin as Trader Speculates an 'Extreme Move' Is Ahead

The broader altcoin market also showed signs of rebounding from oversold levels, one analyst noted.

SOL price on Feb. 8 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Could Hit $48K in Days, Propelled by Historic Chinese New Year Gains: 10X Research

The largest crypto rallied every time in the last 9 years by 11% on average around the Chinese New Year festivity, says 10X's Markus Thielen.

The Chinese new year could be bullish for bitcoin (huangshunping/Unsplash)

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Bitcoin Tops $44K, With Whale Accumulation Suggesting Conviction in More Price Gains

Continuing advances for U.S. stock markets also likely supported risk assets like crypto, with key indices making new all-time highs.

Bitcoin price on February 7 (CoinDesk)

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Ether Tops $2.4K as Cathie Wood's Ark, 21Shares Amend Spot ETH ETF Filing

The updated prospectus brings the spot Ethereum ETF application more "in line" with the recently approved spot BTC ETF prospectus, one analyst noted.

ETH price on February 7 (CoinDesk)