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 Posts Negligible Bounce, but Extreme Fear Suggests Larger Rebound in Store

The Crypto Fear & Greed Index has plunged to levels that previously have presaged a sizable move higher in bitcoin prices.

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Tech

DeFi Protocol Penpie Exploited for $27M of Crypto Assets; PNP Token Craters 40%

Crypto users lost some $2 billion due to hacks, scams and exploits throughout 2023, one report said.

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Markets

Bitcoin Could Drop 20% After Fed Rate Cuts in Bearish Case, but Weak September Presents Buying Opportunity: Analysts

Bitfinex suggested bitcoin could fall to as low as $40,000 in a bearish scenario.

Bull and Bear (nosheep/Pixabay)

Markets

Bitcoin Returns to $59K as Bulls Fail to Flip Key Resistance; AI Cryptos Lead Losses

AI-focused tokens such as FET, Render's RNDR and Bittensor's TAO slipped 7%-10% following Nvidia's post-earnings slump.

Bitcoin price on Aug. 29 (CoinDesk)

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Markets

El Salvador's Bukele Says Bitcoin Strategy a 'Net Positive,' but Adoption Lags

El Salvador now holds $400 million in its "public wallet alone," President Nayib Bukele said in an interview with TIME.

El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele. (Government of El Salvador, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Blur, Tensor Tokens Dip After NFT Marketplace OpenSea Receives SEC Wells Notice

The U.S. regulator alleged that NFTs sold on OpenSea are securities, the OpenSea CEO said earlier Wednesday.

BLUR price on Aug. 28 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Price Falls Below $59K Amid Broad Market Rout; Ether Slumps Almost 10%

Bitcoin hit the lowest price since Aug. 19. It was not immediately clear what sparked the sell-off.

Bitcoin dove late Tuesday. (CoinDesk)

Tech

Maker, Now Rebranded to Sky, Draws Ire From DeFi Community on Controversial Stablecoin Change

MakerDAO co-founder Rune Christensen said the feature won't be live when the USDS token goes live and the old DAI token will remain in circulation unchanged.

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Markets

Bitcoin Slides Below $62K as Consolidation Drags on, but Traders Eye Possible Parabolic Rally

More than five months of sideways price action is testing investors' patience, but similar low-volatility episodes led to break-outs to new record prices, one observer noted.

Bitcoin price on Aug. 27 (CoinDesk)

Finance

MakerDAO Is Now 'Sky' as $7B Crypto Lender Rolls Out New Stablecoin, Governance Token

The driving motivation behind the changes was "how to scale DeFi to gigantic size" and grow a decentralized stablecoin, Rune Christensen said in an interview with CoinDesk.

MakerDAO co-founder Rune Christensen (Trevor Jones)