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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NEAR Intents hit by $3.8 million exploit as crypto's rough year of hacks continues

The popular cross-chain trading system said Friday the exploiter returned all stolen assets a day later a bug affected deposits and withdrawals across several networks.

Hacks and exploit (Clint Patterson/Unsplash)

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Open USD takes on Tether, Circle with a different stablecoin model that's 'building money'

The “overwhelming majority” of Open Standard’s equity will be distributed over time to partners based on how much they help grow the stablecoin, CEO Zach Abrams said.

Zach Abrams, CEO of Open Standard (Open Standard, modified by CoinDesk)

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Cboe, S&P Dow Jones may explore tokenized options contracts under extended licensing deal

The agreement opens the door to tokenized derivatives as some of Wall Street's biggest institutions, including Nasdaq, NYSE and DTCC, move traditional markets onchain.

The Cboe Global Markets Inc. building in Chicago (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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Live updates: Bitcoin remains under pressure as Iran denies report of peace progress

The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield is sharply higher again, rising to a new cycle high above 5.27%.

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Binance deal gives Circle a boost in stablecoin race with Tether, analysts say

The five-year deal could strengthen USDC’s reach in emerging markets, though Tether’s liquidity advantage remains hard to dislodge, analysts told CoinDesk.

Jeremy Allaire, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, Circle (CoinDesk)

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Bullish, Alpaca, Apex Fintech and DriveWealth form coalition to push issuer-backed tokenized stocks

The group aims to link onchain shares to official shareholder records following the U.S. SEC's innovation exemption for tokenized stock trading.

Crypto platform Bullish goes public on the New York Stock Exchange. (CoinDesk/Nik De)

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Cathie Wood's ARK teams with Securitize to tokenize venture fund with OpenAI, Anthropic stakes

The ARK Venture Fund is bringing exposure to sought-after private tech companies onchain through Securitize, first on Ethereum then potentially expanding to other chains.

Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood

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Solana Foundation hires Binance, Polygon veterans as it ramps up tokenized finance push

Rachel Conlan and Jamal Raees join as Solana aims to court institutions moving payments and assets onchain.

Rachel Conlan is joining as strategy chief, while Jamal Raees will serve as general manager of payments (Solana Foundation)

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Crypto investment firm RockawayX is betting $150 million on yield becoming next big use case

The $2 billion digital-asset investment firm rolls out an initiative to back, build and provide liquidity to projects bringing real-world yields into DeFi.

RockawayX CEO Viktor Fischer (RockawayX)

Merkado

Bitcoin could test $90,000 after shorts get squeezed, but traders warn leverage is building

Bitcoin has broken out to $86,000, but analysts say the next leg depends on whether spot buyers continue to show up as leverage builds.

Bitcoin breaks through $82,000 wall and heads higher. (CoinDesk)