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

Tether leads Belo's $14 million raise to expand stablecoin payments across Latin America

Belo, which has over 3 million users across Latin America, offers a digital wallet that lets users hold and transfer local currencies alongside digital dollars.

South America (Isabela Kronemberger/Unsplash)

Markets

Paul Tudor Jones calls bitcoin the 'best inflation hedge,' warns of overvalued stocks

It will be "really hard to make money" in stocks over the next decade, said the billionaire investor, noting that the S&P 500's valuation reminds him of the 2000 dot-com bubble.

Paul Tudor Jones (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)

Tech

Ondo Finance adds proxy voting for holders of its $700 million tokenized equities

The move aims to bring Ondo's tokenized stocks and ETFs closer to traditional ones held in a brokerage account.

Vote, voting (Unsplash/Dmitrii Vaccinium)

Finance

Western Union eyeing stablecoin launch to settle global transactions without SWIFT, CEO says

The 175-year-old money-transfer firm also plans to issue a stablecoin-linked card for payments and cash-out options from crypto to local currencies, CEO Devin McGranahan said.

A Western Union sign above a shop. (Shutterstock)

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Markets

Bitcoin pulls back to $76,600 as rising oil price and Iran risks stall the rally

Short-term holder profit-taking is offsetting fresh demand from ETFs and Strategy, pointing to consolidation below $80,000, Bitfinex analysts said.

Bitcoin price (CoinDesk)

Finance

Bitmine buys $236 million in ether as Tom Lee touts ETH as 'wartime store of value'

The firm has bought more than 5 million in ETH in just 10 months while most digital asset treasury companies have stopped accumulating.

Thomas Lee, chairman of BitMine and CIO of Fundstrat, on the main stage during Consensus Hong Kong 2026 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin is on track for its best month in a year. $5 billion USDT growth fuels the rebound

Strong earnings season trumps geopolitical risks for now, one trader said, as equities and crypto markets "stopped caring" about Iran war headlines.

Bitcoin (BTC) price on April 24 (CoinDesk)

Policy

Tether's $344 million USDT freeze linked to U.S. 'Economic Fury' against Iran regime

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. is seeking to choke off "all financial lifelines" for the regime.

Iranian flag (Akbar Nemati/Unsplash)

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Finance

Bitmine to buy 10,000 ether for $23.9 million from the Ethereum Foundation

The transaction brings the firm’s holdings closer to its 5% of ETH target.

Screenshot of Tom Lee on CoinDesk TV (CoinDesk)

Finance

Aave rallies DeFi partners to contain fallout from $292 million KelpDAO hack

Industry players are coordinating a recovery effort as the year's biggest crypto theft rattled Aave, with Lido and EtherFi being firsts to offer aid.

Life belt (Unsplash+/Getty Images)