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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Markets

ETH Surges 10% to Year-to-Date Gain as Bitcoin Retakes $120K

It's six month high for ETH thanks to tailwinds from corporate ether treasury strategies and ETF inflows.

Ether (ETH) price on July 15 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Peter Thiel Reveals 9.1% Stake in Tom Lee's ETH-Focused Bitmine Immersion Technologies

BMNR is ahead 25% today, with ether up another 9% as interest continues to build in ETH corporate treasury strategies.

Peter Thiel

Markets

Arbitrum's ARB Surges After Appearing Among Supported Chains for PayPal's $850M PYUSD Stablecoin

PayPal's cryptocurrency terms listed the network as a supported chain for its Paxos-issued stablecoin, despite any deal not being officially announced.

PayPal logo on iphone screen (Marques Thomas/Unsplash)

Finance

Gaming Studio Snail Explores Developing U.S. Dollar Stablecoin

The gaming publisher is evaluating the feasibility of a proprietary stablecoin and has hired external consultant.

Gaming on a computer (Sean Do/Unsplash)

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Finance

Early Bitcoiner Adam Back Nears $3.5B BTC Deal With Brandon Lutnick-Led Cantor SPAC: FT

According to the report, the Cantor Equity Partners 1 shell company would acquire 30,000 bitcoin from Back and his Blocksteam Capital in exchange for shares in the Cantor vehicle.

Blockstream CEO Adam Back at Consensus Hong Kong in February (CoinDesk/Personae Digital)

Finance

Jamie Dimon Says JPMorgan to Get More Involved With Stablecoins

Speaking on his bank's second quarter earnings call, the famous crypto skeptic acknowledged that stablecoins are "real."

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

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SharpLink Gaming Overtakes Ethereum Foundation as Largest Corporate Holder of ETH

The firm now holds 280,706 ETH worth about $840 million after last week's purchases.

Joe Lubin speaking at Consensus 2024 by CoinDesk. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk/Suzanne Cordiero)

Markets

Kraken Debuts Derivatives Trading in U.S., Plans Expansion to Commodity, Stock Futures

The initiative comes on the heels of acquiring CFTC-regulated futures trading platform NinjaTrader for $1.5 billion.

Kraken on phone (PiggyBank/ Unsplash)

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Finance

Crypto Banking Startup Dakota Raises $12.5M for Global Stablecoin Push

The company, which lets businesses send and receive U.S. dollars globally via stablecoin rails, is expanding to over 100 countries with the funding.

U.S. dollar (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Market Top Is 'Nowhere Near,' Say Analysts as Price Pauses at $120K

XRP, SUI and UNI outperformed as the broader crypto market started to digest the violent move higher over the past few days.

Bitcoin (BTC) price on July 14 (CoinDesk)