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

Twenty One Boosting Bitcoin Holdings; CEO Jack Mallers Sees $150K BTC Incoming

Bitcoin's fixed supply will force higher prices as capital markets ramp up buying, Mallers said in an interview with Bloomberg TV.

Strike CEO Jack Mallers speaks at the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Brazil's VERT Capital to Tokenize $1B in Real-World Assets on XDC Network

The deal underscores the growing role of Brazil as a tokenization hub in the region.

Brazil flag (Shutterstock)

Finance

Michael Saylor's Strategy Makes Massive $2.4B Bitcoin Purchase With Preferred Stock Sale Proceeds

The firm days ago sold nearly $2.5 billion of its new preferred series, dubbed STRC or "stretch," and quickly deployed the funds into BTC.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor at the Digital Asset Summit in New York City on March 20, 2025. (Nikhilesh De)

Finance

EToro Plans to Tokenize U.S. Stocks on Ethereum in Blockchain Push

The move is part of the firm's broader push towards enabling 24/7 trading with all kinds of assets using blockchain rails.

Magnifying glass over Etoro logo

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New Ether Treasury Firm 'ETHZilla' Emerges With $425M Funding and a DeFi Twist

The transaction was backed by sixty institutional and crypto-native investors, including Polychain Capital, GSR.

Ether price chart on a smartphone screen (Cedrik Wesche/Unsplash)

Finance

SharpLink Acquired 77K More ETH, Boosting Holdings Over $1.6B

The firm, led by Joesph Lubin, has emerged as one of the largest corporate ether holders since its pivot to a crypto treasury strategy.

Ethereum blockchain symbol abstract crystal

Markets

DeFi Dev Boosts Solana Treasury to $218M After Latest Purchase

The Nasdaq-listed firm funded the acquisition by its $5 billion standing equity line of credit facility.

Solana sign and logo

Markets

BNB Token Rallies to Record High as CEA Industries Raises $500M for Treasury Strategy

Several listed companies announced plans to create BNB crypto treasuries recently, including CEA Industries (VAPE), teaming up with Binance founder CZ's family office.

Binance's former CEO, Changpeng "CZ" Zhao (Photos from Smorshedi/Wikimedia Commons and CoinDesk/Flickr, modified by CoinDesk)

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Finance

PayPal Expands Crypto Payments for U.S. Merchants to Cut Cross-Border Fees

The new feature supports over 100 cryptocurrencies and major crypto wallets, aiming to simplify international commerce for U.S. merchants.

PayPal logo on iphone screen (Marques Thomas/Unsplash)

Finance

Sky's Grove Expands to Avalanche With $250M RWA Plan, Partnering With Centrifuge, Janus

The expansion brings tokenized versions of credit and U.S. Treasury funds to Avalanche as part of the network's institutional finance push.

The Avalanche booth at HBC 2022 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)