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


Markets

Grayscale Launches Artificial Intelligence-Focused Crypto Fund; AI Tokens Gain

The Grayscale Decentralized AI Fund includes the native tokens of AI-focused blockchain protocols such as Near (NEAR), Render (RNDR), Bittensor (TAO), Filecoin (FIL) and Livepeer (LPT).

Grayscale advertisement (Grayscale)

Markets

Bitcoin Hits $65K Shaking Off Mt. Gox Payout Worries; XRP Leads Crypto Rally

The Mt. Gox distribution will not end the bullish trend, CryptoQuant's CEO noted.

Bitcoin price on July 16 (CoinDesk)

Finance

MakerDAO's $1B Tokenized Treasury Investment Plan Draws Interest from BlackRock's BUIDL, Ondo, Superstate

MakerDAO's competition to allocate funds will open next month, and would give a big boost for the $1.8 billion tokenized real-world asset space.

Digitally altered photo of a dollar bill (Ryan Quintal/Unsplash, Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Germany Almost Done Selling Bitcoin, Holding Less Than 5K Tokens After Latest Moves

Thursday was another big day of transfers to exchanges linked to German authorities, blockchain data shows.

German bitcoin holdings (Arkham Intelligence)

Advertisement

Markets

Crypto Bulls Frustrated as Bitcoin and Stocks Recouple – to the Downside

A continuing series of record highs for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq over the past weeks has done nothing to prop up sliding crypto prices, but Thursday saw both asset classes tumbling together.

Bitcoin price on July 11 (CoinDesk)

Markets

MicroStrategy to Split Stock 10:1 After Share Price Triples in a Year on Bitcoin Rally

The company is the largest corporate bitcoin holder, with more than $13 billion worth of BTC in its treasury.

MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Price Decline on Germany, Mt. Gox and Miner Sell Pressure May Be Overblown: NYDIG

Recent blockchain movements sparked "irrational" fears, offering a buying opportunity for investors, NYDIG's Greg Cipolaro said.

Bitcoin's decline coincided with investor worries about supply overhangs (NYDIG)

Markets

Bitcoin Rebounds Toward $60K, but Choppiness Likely to Persist: Analysts

The market will have to absorb $4 billion to $7 billion of bitcoin selling pressure throughout the middle of the year, which will weigh on prices, K33 Research said.

Bitcoin (BTC) price on July 9 (CoinDesk)

Advertisement

Finance

BlackRock's BUIDL Fund Tops $500M as Tokenized Treasury Market Soars

The overall market of tokenized U.S. Treasury products has reached $1.8 billion, rwa.xyz data shows.

BlackRock's corporate office in New York, New York. (Jim.henderson/Wikimedia Commons)

Markets

Bitcoin Drops as German Government Unloads Over $900M Worth of BTC

Wallets linked to the German government still hold some 23,788 bitcoin, meaning that it has already sold more than half of its seized assets, according to Arkham Intelligence data.

Bitcoin price on Monday (CoinDesk)