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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Finance

Wyoming State Debuts U.S. Dollar Stablecoin on Seven Blockchains

The Frontier Stable Token has been deployed on Arbitrum (ARB), Avalanche (AVAX), Base, Ethereum (ETH), Optimism (OP), Polygon (POL), and Solana (SOL) networks.

(Pascal Bernardon/Unsplash)

Finance

Tether Taps Bo Hines, Former White House Crypto Council Head, as Advisor for U.S Strategy

Hines will guide Tether’s U.S. market push, focusing on policy engagement and digital asset growth, the firm said.

Bo Hines on CoinDesk TV

Markets

KindlyMD Closes $200M Convertible Note Funding for More Bitcoin

Shares are lower by 11% on Monday with an analyst noting NAKA's convertible note terms were somewhat more stringent than those afforded to Michael Saylor's Strategy.

A statue of Satoshi Nakamoto, a presumed pseudonym used by the inventor of Bitcoin, is displayed in Graphisoft Park on September 22, 2021 in Budapest, Hungary. The statue's creators, Reka Gergely and Tamas Gilly, used anonymized facial features, as Nakamoto's true identify remains unconfirmed. (Photo by Janos Kummer/Getty Images)

Finance

Stellar Development Foundation Invests in Archax, Aiming to Boost Tokenization

The UK-regulated digital asset platform has integrated Stellar into its tokenization tool and launched the Aberdeen tokenized money market fund on the network.

Raja Chakravorti, chief business officer at Stellar Development Foundation on CoinDesk TV (CoinDesk)

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Finance

Circle Acquires Malachite to Power Its Upcoming Arc Blockchain

The USDC stablecoin issuer last week said it is building its own blockchain focused on stablecoin finances.

(Sandali Handagama/ CoinDesk)

Finance

BTCS to Pay First-Ever Ether Dividend, Loyalty Bonus to Discourage Short Selling

Shareholders can opt for a $0.05 per share in ETH or cash dividend plus a $0.35 reward for moving shares to book entry for at least 120 days.

Digitally rendered Ethereum logo (Unsplash)

Finance

BitMine Immersion's Ether Holdings Top $6.6B, Stock Slides 7% Alongside ETH's Tumble

The Tom Lee-led firm increased its ether stash to 1.5 million tokens last week, up from 1.15 million.

Screenshot of Tom Lee on CoinDesk TV (CoinDesk)

News Analysis

Why Circle and Stripe (And Many Others) Are Launching Their Own Blockchains

Firms aim to own their settlement rails to boost efficiency, compliance and revenue from digital asset payments, analysts said.

Railways (Unsplash/Getty Images)

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Markets

Digital Asset Treasury Firms Plunge as Bitcoin Tumbles Below $117K, ETH Slides to $4.4K

The crypto rally continues to quickly reverse course just two days after bitcoin surged to a new record and ether soared to a five-year high.

Coins falling from a jar. (Josh Appel/Unsplash)

Finance

Galaxy Secures $1.4B to Expand Helios Data Center for AI and HPC

The firm, led by Mike Novogratz, projected its deal with AI cloud firm CoreWeave could generate $1 billion in annual revenue over 15 years.

Mike Novogratz, Galaxy founder and CEO, speaks at Consensus 2024