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.

Krisztian Sandor

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Markets

Bitcoin Quickly Plunges Below $103K, With Volatility Burst Spurring $450M in Crypto Liquidations

The sharp reversal from above $106,000 wiped out early optimism, with bulls and bears mostly continuing in a stalemate.

Bitcoin price on June 20 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Peter Schiff Says He 'Gets Bitcoin' but Not USD-Pegged Stablecoins, Floats Gold-Backed Token Plan

The vocal crypto and bitcoin critic advocated for gold-backed stablecoins instead of U.S. dollar-pegged ones, and he plans to launch one himself.

A gold bar (Scottsdale mint/Unsplash)

Markets

KindlyMD Raises Another $51.5M for Bitcoin Treasury Strategy

The latest round brings the company's total capital raised to $763 million ahead of its merger with bitcoin-focused Nakamoto Holdings.

A statue of Satoshi Nakamoto, a presumed pseudonym used by the inventor of Bitcoin, is displayed in Graphisoft Park on September 22, 2021 in Budapest, Hungary. The statue's creators, Reka Gergely and Tamas Gilly, used anonymized facial features, as Nakamoto's true identify remains unconfirmed. (Photo by Janos Kummer/Getty Images)

Markets

Crypto Lenders Hold Nearly $60B of Assets as New Wave of DeFi Adoption Sweeps In: Report

DeFi protocols are expanding into tokenized real-world assets, with crypto-native asset managers playing a key role in capital allocation and governance, according to a new report.

(Christian Dubovan/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

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Markets

Fed Leaves Rates Steady, Expects Weaker Growth, Sticky Inflation

Bitcoin price was little changed and traded just above $104,000 as policymakers expect stickier inflation and slower growth.

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Finance

Coinbase Debuts Stablecoin Payment Stack Following Shopify Partnership

With Coinbase Payments, the company said it aims to offer fast, global USDC transactions for merchants without needing blockchain expertise.

Coinbase (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

Markets

BlackRock’s $2.9B Tokenized Treasury Fund Now Accepted as Collateral on Crypto.com, Deribit

Tokenized real-world assets such as U.S. Treasuries are being increasingly used as collateral on crypto trading venues.

Securitize CEO Carlos Domingo (Securitize)

Markets

Bitcoin Heads Lower as Trump Threatens to Assassinate Iran’s Supreme Leader

The U.S. President has called for Iran's unconditional surrender.

U.S. President Donald Trump (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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Finance

Latin America Oil, Gas Deal Worth $75M Gets Tokenized as RWA Momentum Builds

Tokenization specialist Global Settlement said the deal marks the first fully tokenized capital stack for an operational energy asset.

oil field (Unsplash/Getty Images)

Finance

CoinDesk Indices, Sentora Unveil Stablecoin Overnight Rates to Mirror Money Market Tools

The CoinDesk Overnight Rates (CDOR) convert USDC and USDT stablecoin borrowing data on Aave into daily benchmarks to support hedging and rate-based products.

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