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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Tether's U.S.-focused stablecoin grows over 500% in a month, but still lags main rivals

USAT's market cap jumped above $140 million in April, though it remains well behind Circle's USDC, PayPal's PYUSD and Ripple's RLUSD tokens.

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin pinned below $73,000 despite potential U.S.-Iran deal news

U.S. stocks and bonds, and the oil market are reacting positively to yet another purported peace agreement, but crypto markets remain under heavy pressure.

Donald Trump points at the audience during a press conference at the White House.

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Bit Digital bought $20 million ETH for first time since October before 15% plunge

The firm said it purchased 8,568 ether on May 11 at an average price of $2,334. Since then, ETH broke below $2,000, leaving the firm sitting at a $3 million unrealized loss.

Bit Digital CEO Sam Tabar (Bit Digital)

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VanEck's tokenized fund lands on Euler as DeFi courts Wall Street institutions

DeFi protocols are increasingly adapting to host regulated, tokenized assets as tokenization is projected to bring trillions of dollars onchain.

(VanEck)

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BIS project finds tokenization could make cross-border payments faster, safer

Project Agorá, backed by major central banks, will now move toward "real-value" testing to settle tokenized central bank money and bank deposits on blockchain rails.

The Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland (Fred Romero/Flickr)

Finance

DTCC plans to bring tokenized assets to Stellar in latest Wall Street blockchain push

The U.S. market infrastructure giant targets connecting tokenized stocks, ETFs and Treasuries to Stellar in the first half of 2027.

Frank La Salla, President and CEO of the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) speaking at Consensus 2026 in Miami (CoinDesk)

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Live markets: bitcoin slides to new monthly low below $75,000 on report of strikes against Iran

Memory chip stocks are attracting capital and attention, with crypto markets settling into apathy.

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Finance

Joe Lubin-backed Ethereum treasury firm SharpLink to join the Russel indexes

The inclusion could attract fresh passive inflows from index-tracking funds, while the firm's stock tanked 95% from its peak over the past year.

Sharplink CEO Joseph Chalom and Consensys CEO Joe Lubin speaking at Consensus Hong Kong 2026 (CoinDesk)

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TeraWulf jumps 13% on AI data center expansion in Kentucky

The bitcoin miner turned HPC infrastructure developer unveiled plans for a new 1 gigawatt facility in Kentucky aimed at servicing AI workloads.

Bitcoin miners (Shutterstock)

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Live markets: bitcoin leads crypto slide even as tech sector closes sharply higher

Oil prices and bond yields opened the week sharply lower following President Trump's weekend announcement of an imminent Middle East agreement.

Bitcoin price chart on a screen (Behnam Norouzi/Unsplash)