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

Chainlink's LINK Bounces 4% to Near $14 as Cryptos Rebound

LINK could target $14.50 if momentum sustains, CoinDesk Research's analysis tool suggested.

Chainlink (LINK) price on Nov. 18 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Sell-Off Likely 'Complete', Rally Into Year-End Still in Play: StanChart Analyst

Standard Chartered’s Geoffrey Kendrick says bitcoin’s steep decline is part of a recurring pattern, with a rebound into year-end in his base case.

Bitcoin (modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Obex Raises $37M to Build 'Y Combinator' for RWA-Backed Stablecoins, Led by Framework, Sky

The incubator aims to fund stablecoin projects backed by compute, energy and fintech credit using Sky's up to $2.5 billion commitment, Framework Ventures' Vance Spencer said in an interview.

Vance Spencer, co-founder of Framework Ventures (Framework Ventures)

Markets

Bitcoin Slips Below $93K as Crypto Weakness Worsens, but Local Bottom Could Be Near, Analysts Say

BTC has erased all year-to-date gains with the Monday decline, while crypto-related stocks like COIN, CRCL, MSTR, GLXY also plunged.

Bitcoin (BTC) price on November 17 (CoinDesk)

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Finance

Trump’s Maldives Hotel Will Be a Tokenized Real Estate Project

The Trump International Hotel Maldives, developed with Dar Global, will be tokenized to allow investors to buy digital shares in the development.

Eric Trump speaks at Consensus 2025 in Toronto (CoinDesk)

Finance

BitMine Immersion Acquires $173M in Ether as Tom Lee Suggests Reason Behind Crypto Weakness

The Bitmine chairman said a wounded market maker could be scaling back operations, tightening crypto liquidity and weighing on digital asset prices.

Screenshot of Tom Lee on CoinDesk TV (CoinDesk)

Finance

DeFi Lender Aave to Roll Out Retail Crypto Yield App on Apple’s App Store

With the Aave App, users will be able to earn over 5% annual yield on their deposits, higher than money market funds, the protocol said in a blog post.

CoinDesk

Markets

Bitcoin Slides Below $95K in Worst Week Since March; Analyst Sets Downside Target at $84K

BTC has tumbled nearly 9% this week, while ETH, SOL declined even further and XRP outperformed.

Bitcoin price (CoinDesk)

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Finance

BlackRock’s $2.5B Tokenized Fund Gets Listed as Collateral on Binance, Expands to BNB Chain

The $2.5 billion BUIDL fund, tokenized by Securitize, deepens its utility for institutional traders and expands to a new blockchain.

Binance (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Ether Tumbles 8% as ETFs Bleed Over $1.4B, Long-Term Holders Sell

ETH plunged below $3,100 on Friday as the crypto selloff accelerated with bitcoin losing the $100,000 level.

Ether (ETH) price on Nov 14 (CoinDesk)