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

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Finance

Ondo Brings Tokenized U.S. Stocks to BNB Chain as Market Doubles to $700M

The move allows Ondo Global Markets to deepen its tokenized stock market reach to BNB's 3.4 million users, with a strong base in Asia and Latin America.

BNB (Midjourney/Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Tether Tokenized Gold Reserves Exceeded 11.6 Tons in Q3 Amid Yellow Metal's Rally

Tether's gold-backed token swelled above $2 billion market cap, driven by record prices and surging retail demand, CEO Paolo Ardoino said in an interview.

Gold Bars

Markets

Bitcoin Sinks Below $113K as Stocks Hit Records; Sell-Off Could Have Room to Run, Says Bitfinex

Nvidia closed in on a $5 trillion market cap amid CEO Jensen Huang's keynote speech at a tech conference, seemingly sucking capital out of crypto on Tuesday afternoon.

Cryptos reverse course

Markets

Chainlink Underpins Balcony's $240B Real Estate Tokenization Platform

Balcony will use Chainlink’s Runtime Environment (CRE) to bring over $240 billion worth of government-sourced property data onchain.

Chainlink (LINK) price (CoinDesk Data)

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Finance

Western Union to Launch Stablecoin on Solana With Anchorage Digital

The U.S. dollar-pegged token is expected to become available in the first half of 2026.

Western Union (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

Finance

TeraWulf Stock Surges 22% After $9.5B Google-Backed AI Compute Deal With Fluidstack

The bitcoin miner turned AI infrastructure firm will co-develop a 168 MW data center in Texas, with long-term revenue locked in.

Data center servers (Taylor Vick/Unsplash)

Finance

Tokenization Firm Securitize Aims for Public Listing Via SPAC Deal at $1.25B Valuation

Existing investors like ARK Invest and BlackRock will maintain their stakes, with additional investment from a $225 million PIPE financing round.

Securitize CEO Carlos Domingo (Securitize)

Finance

Japan's $2T Payment Provider TIS Rolls Out Multi-Token Platform With Avalanche

The payments firm's platform, developed with AvaCloud, aims to help banks, corporates issue and settle stablecoins and tokenized assets.

Aerial view of Tokyo (Jaison Lin/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

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PayPal Surges 15% on OpenAI Payment Wallet Deal, Upbeat Earnings

The payments giant raised full-year guidance, instituted a first-ever dividend, and unveiled a ChatGPT partnership to embed shopping inside AI app.

PayPal logo on iphone screen (Marques Thomas/Unsplash)

Finance

Circle, Issuer of USDC, Starts Testing Arc Blockchain With Big Institutions Onboard

The public testnet of Arc has drawn interest from global finance and tech players including BlackRock, HSBC, Visa, AWS and Anthropic.

Jeremy Allaire, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, Circle Speaks at Hong Kong Fintech Week in 2024 (HK Fintech Week)