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

Prediction Markets Are Coming to Phantom's 20M User Via Kalshi

Phantom users will be able to chat and trade Kalshi's prediction markets with any Solana-based tokens, CEO said.

Kalshi website shown on a laptop.

Markets

Bitcoin Rebounds to $93K From Post-Fed Lows, but Altcoins Remain Under Pressure

Downward pressure on bitcoin is losing steam, with the market stabilizing but not yet out of the woods, said one analyst.

Bitcoin (BTC) price (CoinDesk)

Markets

Chainlink's LINK Drops 5% Despite Coinbase Bridge Deal, But Bottoming Signs Emerge

Coinbase tapped Chainlink services for $7 billion bridge, but broader crypto weakness weighed on price.

LINK Surges 2.4% to $13.74 on Coinbase's $7B CCIP Bridge Selection

Finance

JPMorgan Pushes Deeper Into Tokenization With Galaxy's Debt Issuance on Solana

Galaxy’s onchain debt deal, where JP Morgan acted as arranger, was settled in USDC stablecoin and backed by Coinbase and Franklin Templeton.

JPMorgan building (Shutterstock)

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Finance

Binance Overhauls Stablecoin Trading With Trump-Linked USD1

The exchange is adding new USD1 trading pairs and replaces BUSD collateral with the token.

Binance

Finance

Hong Kong's OSL Group to Offer U.S.-Regulated Stablecoin with Anchorage Digital

The USDGO token will be issued under U.S. federal oversight and backed 1:1 by U.S. dollar assets.

Nathan McCauley, co-founder and CEO of Anchorage Digital at Consensus 2025.

Finance

Sky's Keel Starts $500M Investment Campaign to Boost RWAs on Solana

The Tokenization Regatta aims to allocate funds and support to projects bringing tokenized real-world assets to the Solana network.

Stylized solana graphic

Finance

Stripe Acqui-Hires Crypto Payments Startup Valora, Venturing Further Into Stablecoins

The team behind the Celo-based app is joining Stripe, while the intellectual property is returned to cLabs.

Stripe co-founder Patrick and John Collison (Stripe)

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Markets

Bitcoin Swings Wildly as Fed's Powell Straddles Labor Market and Inflation Issues

"Powell is threading the needle between their two mandates," said one analyst.

Bitcoin (BTC) price on Dec. 10 (CoinDesk)

Finance

Tether Rolls Out Privacy-Focused Health App as Expansion Into AI Accelerates

The company behind the largest stablecoin, the $186 billion USDT, is increasingly venturing beyond crypto into sectors such as artificial intelligence and robotics.

Tether