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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Ripple Acquires Crypto Wallet Firm Palisade to Expand Institutional Payments Business

With the acquisition, Ripple aims to provide quickly-deployable wallets to boost fintech and corporate crypto payments, president Monica Long said in an interview.

Brad Garlinghouse, the CEO of Ripple Labs (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Chainlink Drops 10% Amid Crypto Selloff; New Rewards Program Unveiled

The oracle network's token hit its weakest price since the October 10 crash, breaking key support levels after multiple failed breakout last week.

Chainlink (LINK) plunges 5.38% to $15.33 amid institutional selling and underperformance against crypto rally

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Bitcoin Slides Below $106K as Cryptos Tumble, Nearing October Crash Lows

The downturn in prices rippled across derivatives markets, liquidating over $1 billion in leveraged trading positions across all digital assets Monday, CoinGlass data showed.

A bear roars

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Strive Proposes High-Yield Preferred Stock to Expand Bitcoin Holdings

The preferred shares, dubbed SATA, are set to carry an initial 12% annual dividend, payable monthly in cash.

Bitcoin (modified by CoinDesk)

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Tom Lee's BitMine Immersion Acquires Additional $300M in Ether, Bringing Holdings to $13.7B

The company's 3.4 million of ETH tokens represents just shy of 3% of the total supply.

Screenshot of Tom Lee on CoinDesk TV (CoinDesk)

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Michael Saylor's Strategy Added $45M in Bitcoin to Holdings Last Week

The firm mostly funded the fresh buys with sales of common stock.

Michael Saylor, Executive Chairman of Strategy (MSTR)

Finance

Cipher Mining Surges 19% $5.5B Amazon Web Services HPC Deal

The crypto miner is pushing deeper toward AI infrastructure with AWS lease, new West Texas data center plans.

Data center servers (Taylor Vick/Unsplash)

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Chainlink's LINK Bounces 3.6% From Lows; Stellar Integration Expands RWA Reach

Stellar is integrating Chainlink’s CCIP, Data Feeds, and Streams to enable tokenized asset flow across chains.

Chainlink (LINK) price (CoinDesk)

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Tether Profits Topped $10B in First Nine Months of Year; Starts Share Buyback Program

The stablecoin issuer saw strong growth in the third quarter, reporting a $17 billion increase in circulating USDT and $135 billion exposure to U.S. Treasuries.

Tether USDT (CoinDesk)

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AAVE Drops 8% Amid Crypto Weakness Despite RWA DeFi Momentum

The lending protocol's token showed weakness as technical support crumbled, plunging below $210.

AAVE Drops 8% Below Key Support Amid Institutional Selling and Bearish Momentum