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

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)

Finance

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)

Finance

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

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Markets

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)

Finance

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)

Markets

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

Markets

Solana Tumbles 8%, Erasing All Year-Over-Year Gains as Spot ETF Debuts Fail to Boost Price

One onchain observer noted a large transaction by Jump Crypto, speculating that the crypto firm might be rotating SOL into BTC, perhaps weighing on sentiment.

Solana price (CoinDesk)

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Markets

Chainlink's LINK Drops 8% Below Support Despite Largest Token Buyback Since August

The oracle network's token succumbed to the broader crypto market weakness, even though adoption continues growing with a recent Ondo partnership.

Chainlink Falls 8% Below $17 as Institutional Selling Breaks Key Support Amid High Volume

Tech

JPMorgan Completes First Blockchain-Based Private Fund Transaction Amid Tokenization Push

Kinexys Fund Flow, developed by the bank's digital asset arm Kinexys, aims to streamline access to alternative funds.

JPMorgan building (Shutterstock)