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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Decentralized Lending Protocol Clearpool to Start Institutional Borrowing Platform

Clearpool Prime will allow institutional borrowers to create permissioned borrowing pools with their own loan terms.

Liquidity Pool (Unsplash)

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Decentralized Lending Protocol Centrifuge Accrues $6M Unpaid Debt

1754 Factory, the originator of the debt pool with the most distressed loans, said it is liquidating the assets off-chain and negotiating with borrowers for repayments.

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Crypto Investors Can Purchase Bankruptcy 'Put Options' to Protect Funds on Binance, Coinbase, Kraken

Investment firm Cherokee Acquisition is offering the options, which will allow account holders to recover 100% of their assets in the event the major exchanges file for bankruptcy and lock customer assets.

Bankruptcy (Gerd Altmann/Pixbay)

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Decentralized Exchange Vela’s DXP Token Surges Ahead of Beta Release on Arbitrum

The utility token has rallied 50% in the past 24 hours and more than doubled since Wednesday ahead of the release of its widely anticipated beta version next week.

Traders are betting Vela, which means sail in Spanish, can take a share of the growing decentralized exchange activity on Arbitrum. (Johannes Plenio/Unsplash)

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DeFi Protocol Aave Clears Bad CRV Token Debt from Exploit Attempt

The maneuver comes ahead of the activation of a major tech upgrade of the protocol called Aave v3.

(MidJourney/CoinDesk)

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Binance USD Stablecoin Sees $2B Reduction in a Month Amid Token Mismanagement

BUSD’s circulating supply fell to $15.4 billion on Wednesday, paring down $1 billion over the past week and $2 billion in a month, according to cryptocurrency price tracker CoinGecko.

Logo 3D de Binance impreso en dorado. (Rob Mitchell/CoinDesk)

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Maple Finance Plots Comeback With New $100M Liquidity Pool for Tax Receivables With 10% Yield

After defaults and a major overhaul, crypto lending protocol Maple Finance moves away from uncollateralized lending toward bringing yield-generating real-world assets to crypto investors.

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MakerDAO Approves Deployment of $100M USDC on DeFi Protocol Yearn Finance

The decision opens the way for MakerDAO to earn an estimated 2% annual yield on USDC stablecoin deposits.

(Cleveland Trust Co/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Paxos Courts MakerDAO With Paying Yield for Holding Up to $1.5B USDP Stablecoin

The proposal by Paxos is part of MakerDAO’s effort to generate income on its $7 billion digital asset reserve.

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MakerDAO Votes to Keep Gemini USD in DAI Stablecoin’s Reserves

The result averts near disaster for Gemini’s stablecoin, because MakerDAO holds 85% of all GUSD in circulation.

Tyler Winklevoss and Cameron Winklevoss, creators of crypto exchange Gemini Trust Co. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)