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 Drops Below $68K, Ether Slumps in Sudden Crypto Sell-Off as ETH ETF Decision Looms

The sell-off was broad-based, with DOGE, SHIB, AVAX, LINK diving more than 4% in less than an hour.

Bitcoin (BTC) price on May 23 (CoinDesk)

Markets

AI-Focused Tokens Edge Higher Ahead of Nvidia Earnings Results

NEAR, FET, RNDR, TAO and AGIX gained even as the broader market benchmark CoinDesk 20 Index saw a slight decline during the day.

(Shutterstock)

Markets

Ether Rally Prompts Over $300 Million ETH Inflow to Crypto Exchanges: Nansen

The fast move likely signals short-term profit taking after ether's rapid 30% rally, one observer noted.

Bitcoin ETF net inflows approach $1B (Shutterstock)

Markets

Crypto Derivatives DEX Aevo's Token Jumps 10% as Binance Labs Discloses Investment

The token's price is still down nearly 70% since March.

(Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Solana's SOL Could Hit $200 By Month End, Hedge Fund Founder Says

The fifth-largest cryptocurrency is benefitting from multiple catalysts, including bustling meme coin and DeFi activity, upcoming network upgrade and increasing interest in restaking arriving to the ecosystem.

Solana price over the past week (CoinDesk)

Finance

DTCC, Chainlink Complete Pilot to Accelerate Fund Tokenization with JPMorgan, Templeton, BNY Mellon Participating; LINK Gains 7%

The aim of the Smart NAV pilot was to test a process to bring and disseminate fund data on multiple blockchains, a key step for tokenization.

Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov speaks at the project's SmartCon conference in Barcelona. (Chainlink)

Markets

Bitcoin Hits $66K as Soft Inflation Data Sparks Crypto Rally

Sluggish U.S. retail sales and softer inflation reports have opened the way for the next leg up in the crypto rally, Swissblock said.

Bitcoin price on May 15 (CoinDesk)

Tech

DeFi Lender Liquity Unveils New Stablecoin With User-Set Borrowing Rates in White Paper

Liquity V2 will allow borrowers to set their borrowing costs, a novel approach in DeFi, and plans to pay the lion's share of protocol revenues back to liquidity providers.

(Liquity)

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Finance

RWA Platform Re Debuts Tokenized Reinsurance Fund on Avalanche with $15M Commitment from Nexus Mutual

The company aims to broaden access to the $1 trillion reinsurance industry, making it more efficient and transparent with blockchain technology.

Karn Saroya, CEO of Re (Re)

Markets

Bitcoin Is in a 'Bore You to Death' Phase, but Bottom Could Be Close, Analysts Say

This period could last between one to six months, and the sentiment will be the most negative right before the turnaround, one hedge fund manager said.

Bitcoin's price on May 10 (CoinDesk)