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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Finance

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Eyes Bigger Role in Tokenization

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said the digital asset market, including stablecoins and tokenized assets, will grow "significantly" over the next few years

Larry Fink (Will Ess for Pixelmind.ai/CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin Miners Lead Crypto Stock Bounce as OpenAI-Broadcom Deal Fuels AI Trade

Bitfarms, Cipher Mining and Bitdeer posted double-digit gains on Monday as miners keep benefitting from artificial intelligence's surging demand for computing power.

Data center servers (Taylor Vick/Unsplash)

Finance

Strategy Bought $27M in Bitcoin at $123K Before Crypto Crash

The firm acquired BTC at an average price of over $123,000, while the crypto was trading well below $110,000 during last week's carnage.

MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Tom Lee's BitMine Bought the Dip, Adding Over 200K ETH to Ethereum Treasury

The firm's ether holdings crossed 3 million tokens, halfway through its goal to corner 5% of the crypto's supply.

Screenshot of Tom Lee on CoinDesk TV (CoinDesk)

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AAVE Sees 64% Flash Crash as DeFi Protocol Endures 'Largest Stress Test'

The largest decentralized lending protocol processed $180 million collateral liquidation within an hour on Friday, proving its resilience, founder Stani Kulechov said.

Aave (AAVE) price today (CoinDesk Data)

Markets

Bitcoin’s Flash Crash Sees $7B Crypto Liquidation as Trump Ramps Up China Trade War

BTC tumbled 10% on Friday, while ETH, SOL and XRP crashed 15%-30% in a crypto flash crash as trade tensions escalate between the U.S. and China.

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Finance

Galaxy Gets $460M Investment by 'Large Asset Manager' for Its HPC Push

The unnamed investor bought nearly 13 million shares from the company and some executives. The firm intends to use the proceeds to boost its Helios data center project.

Mike Novogratz, Founder and CEO, Galaxy Digital. (CoinDesk)

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Ether's 7% Plunge Leads Crypto Liquidations in $600M Carnage

ETH declined the most among the CoinDesk 20 Index, falling twice as far as bitcoin.

Ether (ETH) price today (CoinDesk Data)

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Trump Tariff Threat on China Sends Bitcoin Tumbling Below $119K

Cryptos came under pressure as a potential U.S.-China trade war once again on the table.

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Finance

Prestige Wealth Raises $150M to Become Tether Gold Treasury Vehicle

Most of the capital will be used to acquire tokenized gold reserves, aiming to build a publicly verifiable, blockchain-native treasury

Close-up of stacked gold bars. (Jingming Pan/Unsplash)