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

Rumble Taps MoonPay for Crypto Wallet Ahead of Q3 Launch

MoonPay will handle conversions between digital assets and fiat currency in the upcoming Rumble Wallet.

Rumble CEO Chris Pavlovski at Consensus 2025 in Toronto (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Tops $111K, on Brink of Breaking Record High; Ether's 6% Jump Leads Major Cryptos

The price of BTC has seemingly been capped at $110,000 for several weeks, with gains quickly reversing each time it approached that level.

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Finance

Monad Acquires Portal Labs to Expand Stablecoin Payments on High-Speed Blockchain

Raj Parekh, Portal co-founder and a former Visa crypto director, will lead Monad’s stablecoin strategy following the acquisition.

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

Finance

Dubai's Emirates Airline Explores Cryptocurrency Payments With Crypto.com Partnership

The carrier aims to tap into a "younger, tech-savvy customer segment" that wants to pay with crypto, an Emirates executive said.

Emirates Airline (Saim Munib/Unsplash)

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Kraken and Backed Expand Tokenized Stocks to BNB Chain as RWA Momentum Accelerates

The launch of xStocks on BNB Chain comes on the heels of debuting on Solana DeFi protocols last week.

Kraken on phone (PiggyBank/ Unsplash)

Finance

Ripple Taps BNY to Custody Stablecoin Reserves as RLUSD Surpasses $500M

The move follows Ripple's application for a national banking license and a Federal Reserve master account to further integrate with the U.S. financial system.

Brad Garlinghouse, the CEO of Ripple Labs (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

AAVE Surges to 3-Week High, Dominating Soaring $56B DeFi Lending Market

The token has established a robust support zone at $277-$280, while rising demand for DeFi borrowing and Aave's dominant role in the sector point to future gains.

AAVE price on July 8 (CoinDesk)

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Ether Treasury Firm BTCS Surges 100% on $100M ETH Buying Plan

The Nasdaq-listed firm has been a pioneer of the crypto treasury strategy focusing on the native token of the Ethereum blockchain since 2021, well before the recent newcomers.

Digitally rendered Ethereum logo (Unsplash)

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Finance

BioSig, Streamex to Raise $1.1B for Gold Tokenization Initiative on Solana

While a growing number of listed companies are pursuing crypto treasury strategies, BioSig is focusing on gold as a treasury asset combined with Streamex's tokenization plans.

A gold bar (Scottsdale mint/Unsplash)

Finance

Tether Invests in Blockchain Forensics Firm Crystal Intelligence to Fight Crypto Crime

Tether aims to curb illicit use of its USDT stablecoin as cryptocurrency-related scams and fraud increase.

Nemo suffered $2.4M hack on Monday. (TheDigitalArtist/Pixabay)