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

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.

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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)

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.

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Finance

Superstate Rolls Out Direct Stock Issuance for Public Companies on Ethereum, Solana

SEC-registered firms can sell their own shares directly on blockchain rails to investors, raising funds in stablecoins.

Robert Leshner, CEO of Superstate (Superstate)

Markets

Ether Surges 8%, Outpacing Bitcoin Gains Amid Staking ETF, Tokenization Optimism

BlackRock's filing for a staking ether ETF earlier this week has contributed to ETH's relative strength to bitcoin, one market strategist noted.

Ether (ETH) price on Dec. 9 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Surges to $94K One Day Ahead of Expected Fed Rate Cut

The change from what's become typical bearish U.S. session action could signal seller exhaustion.

CoinDesk

Tech

Stripe-Backed Blockchain Tempo Starts Testnet; Kalshi, Mastercard, UBS Added as Partners

Tempo, built by Stripe and Paradigm, has started testing payment-focused blockchain and has onboard a slew of institutional partners.

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Finance

A16z-Backed Daylight Brings Electricity Markets Onchain With New DeFi Protocol

The DayFi protocol aims to turn electricity cash flows into a crypto-native yield product, bridging capital to new solar power installations.

Daylight founder Jason Badeaux (Daylight)

Finance

Blockchain Network Canton, With $6T of Real-World Assets, Taps RedStone for DeFi Access

The integration aims to connect RedStone’s data feeds to Canton’s institutional blockchain infrastructure.

RedStone Oracles co-founders Jakub Wojciechowski and Marcin Kazmierczak (RedStone)