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

Anchorage aims to bring banks onchain with new tokenized deposit platform

The crypto bank aims to help financial institutions offer round-the-clock payments and settlement without replacing their core systems.

Anchorage Digital CEO Nathan McCauley

Finance

MoneyGram joins Solana as validator amid stablecoin payment push

The remittances firm has become a validator on the Solana blockchain, helping process and secure transactions as it expands its stablecoin payments strategy.

Anthony Soohoo, Chairman and CEO of MoneyGram, speaking at Consensus 2026 (CoinDesk)

Finance

Bitmine added $92 million of ETH, with Tom Lee continuing to believe in 'crypto spring'

The largest Ethereum treasury firm slowed its buying pace but remains on track to reach its goal of owning 5% of ETH supply.

Tom Lee on the Mainstage at Consensus Miami 2026

Tech

Live markets: Bitcoin gives up morning gains as Nasdaq sheds more than 1%

Eased ETF selling and improving risk appetite are being offset by a firmer dollar and cautious institutional flows, leaving bitcoin range-bound, one analyst said.

Rising candle chart on monitor screen (Jakub Żerdzicki/Unsplash)

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Fed holds rates steady in first decision under new Chairman Kevin Warsh

The accompanying policy statement and updated economic projections, however, took a hawkish turn.

Kevin Warsh (Getty Images)

Finance

Moody’s rolls out credit ratings on Solana in tokenized asset push

The ratings giant is embedding credit scores directly into blockchain-based securities, a move aimed at boosting institutional adoption.

Solana sign (CoinDesk)

Markets

BitGo stock surges on $50 million share buyback as value languishes 65% below IPO price

The buyback comes as newly public digital-asset firms face a tougher environment, with crypto markets lagging and investor attention shifting toward AI stocks.

BitGo at NYSE. (X/Matt Ballensweig)

Markets

Hyperliquid, Uniswap and Worldcoin buck crypto slump as traders chase AI, DeFi trends

A handful of tokens continued their run while bitcoin and the rest of the crypto market stalled after the early week bounce.

(Keenan Constance/Unsplash)

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Ripple invests in Flutterwave, pushing its stablecoin and XRP Ledger into payments across Africa

The deal values Flutterwave at $3.2 billion, and will integrate Ripple's RLUSD and the XRP Ledger network to speed cross-border payments across Africa.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, Consensus 2026 in Miami (CoinDesk)

Tech

Live markets: Bitcoin falls below $66,000 as SpaceX rallies on Cursor agreement

Ether, XRP, Solana and Hyperliquid funds all took in money, but bitcoin's outflow was really just Grayscale's GBTC.

Elon Musk in Berlin