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

Coinbase Sets U.S. Perpetual-Style Futures Launch as CEO Says Firm Is Buying Bitcoin Weekly

The crypto exchange's new derivatives offering is regulated by the CFTC and will mirror the functions of the increasingly popular perpetual contracts currently not available in the U.S.

Coinbase (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

Finance

Bolt Embraces Stablecoin Payments for Global Marketplaces as Digital Dollar Race Heats Up

The new feature enables faster, cheaper cross-border payments for merchants and shoppers, the company said.

(Christian Dubovan/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Coinbase Comes Full Circle, Soars to Highest Price Since 2021 Nasdaq Debut

The digital asset exchange's share price completed a four-year roundtrip after having plunged 90% during the crypto winter.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Tech

Ripple Integrates Wormhole With XRP Ledger to Power Institutional Multichain Moves

Ripple's move supports the development of multichain applications, emphasizing compliance, low cost and fast settlement.

Ripple Labs CTO David Schwartz (Ripple Labs)

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Finance

Solana-Focused Upexi to Tokenize Shares; Added 56K SOL to Holdings

The Nasdaq-listed firm has tapped Superstate's equity tokenization tool to make its shares available on the blockchain.

Solana sign and logo

Finance

Crypto Custodian Taurus Launches First Stablecoin Contract With Privacy Features

The privacy-focused stablecoin contract uses the Aztec Network to combine encrypted transfers with issuer-controlled compliance.

From left to right: Lamine Brahimi, Co-Founder and Managing Partner; Dr. Jean-Philippe Aumasson, Co-Founder and CSO; Oren-Olivier Puder, Co-Founder and Chairman; Sébastien Dessimoz,  Co-Founder and Managing Partner (Taurus)

Tech

Rain, Toku Debut Stablecoin Payrolls for Workers in Over 100 Countries

The new offering embeds into popular payroll platforms and allows employers to pay workers in USDC, RLUSD and USDG globally.

Payrolls (Shutterstock)

Finance

SoFi to Launch Blockchain Remittances With Stablecoins as Crypto Returns to Platform

The move comes as the CEO shared plans to re-enter the crypto business under the Trump administration after having exiting digital asset services in 2023.

SoFi (Shutterstock)

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Finance

GameStop Has Another $2.7B in Bitcoin Buying Power After $450M Greenshoe Exercise

The underwriters exercised their option to buy another $450 million of GME's $2.25 billion mid-June convertible debt offering.

(Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Finance

Newest 'Star' in Sky Ecosystem Launches With $1B Tokenized Credit Strategy

Grove will receive a $1 billion allocation from DeFi lending giant Sky to invest in tokenized collateralized loan obligations.

Digitally altered photo of a dollar bill (Ryan Quintal/Unsplash, Modified by CoinDesk)