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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Markets

Wall Street's tokenization boom could have bigger winners than bitcoin and ether, Citrini says

The research firm sees tokenized stocks, bonds and loans creating new markets for trading and lending, with fee-generating platforms and companies poised to benefit.

Wall street signs (Lo Lo/Unsplash)

Finance

Securitize brings Apple, Nvidia and Tesla to Solana, with NYSE trading in the works

Tokenized shares in the mega-caps will first trade on Securitize's Solana-based platform, with further plans to expand them to NYSE and OKXICE digital venues, the firm said.

Securitize CEO Carlos Domingo sits on a panel at Consensus

Finance

Wells Fargo in talks with Kraken parent Payward for crypto trading liquidity

The discussions would see Payward supply liquidity for crypto trading as major banks deepen their involvement in digital assets.

Wells Fargo logo. (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

Finance

Tether tapped by Kazakhstan’s central bank to explore stablecoin and tokenization

The National Bank of Kazakhstan said it will study a local currency-linked stablecoin and tokenized real-world assets with Tether.

Flag of Kazakhstan (Gwengoat/Getty Images)

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Ether is about to lose a steady buyer as Tom Lee says Bitmine will stop token purchases

Tom Lee said Bitmine will be “done stacking” once it owns 5% of ETH, setting an end date to an accumulation streak that began in mid-2025 and made the company the world's largest Ethereum treasury.

Tom Lee on stage at Consensus Miami

Finance

Crypto trading giant GSR's new vault business is a $100M bet on onchain credit

The firm is putting its own capital into stablecoin and tokenized gold vaults as institutional finance moves further onchain.

The cuts came in the third quarter. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

OKX draws investment from StanChart, Circle, Ripple as it pushes beyond crypto exchange roots

The exchange is increasingly aiming to position itself as a global financial tech platform spanning crypto, payments and tokenized assets, following an investment and joint venture with NYSE parent ICE.

OKX founder Star Xu (OKX)

Finance

Arbitrum joins Paxos-led stablecoin group Global Dollar to capture digital dollar growth

The Ethereum layer-2 is backing Paxos-issued USDG to earn a share of reserve income as new stablecoin alliances compete for distribution, users and reserve economics.

Steven Goldfeder, CEO of Offchain Labs, the primary developer behind Arbitrum, speaks Thursday at ETHDenver. (Danny Nelson)

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More than 60 U.S. stocks including Nvidia and Tesla are headed onchain. Here’s how it works

The planned 24/7 venue will offer dozens of tokenized U.S. stocks, with trades conducted against stablecoins through blockchain-based liquidity pools rather than a traditional order book.

The SpaceX company logo displayed outside the Nasdaq Marketsite the company's IPO.

Finance

Stripe to expand stablecoin cards to over 100 countries by the end of the year

The payments giant is planning a major global expansion for its stablecoin cards business, and is exploring tokenized deposits and DeFi use cases, new crypto head Henri Stern said.

Henri Stern, co-founder of Privy and new head of stablecoins and crypto at Stripe (Stripe)