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

North Dakota to Issue Stablecoin With Fiserv as Digital Dollar Trend Expands

The Fiserv-powered U.S. dollar stablecoin will be available to local banks and credit unions, joining crypto experiments by U.S. states.

(Stacy Revere/Getty Images)

Finance

MetaMask Will Add Polymarket Prediction Markets, Rolls Out Perp Trading With Hyperliquid

The crypto wallet said will allow users to bet on real-world outcomes as part of an exclusive partnership with Polymarket, coming later this year.

MetaMask's mobile app (Gabby Jones, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Brevan Howard-Backed Tokenization Firm Expands Funds to Sei as RWA Momentum Grows

Tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) are emerging as a key bridge between TradFi and DeFi.

Art installation reminiscent of digital ecosystems

Finance

RWA Chain Plume Acquiring Dinero to Expand Institutional DeFi Yield Offering

The deal aims to boost Plume's institutional push offering a broader set of yield strategies including liquid staking, co-founder Teddy Pornprinya said.

Plume co-founders Teddy Pornprinya and Chris Yin (Plume)

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Markets

IREN Declines 6% on $875M Convertible Note Offering

The hot-handed bitcoin miner turned high-performance computing play could raise as much as $1 billion in the note sale.

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Markets

Bitcoin Dips to $122K as Crypto Rally Gets Overheated. What Next?

The pullback was a broad one, with altcoins like SOL, ADA, and XRP suffering even steeper declines.

Bitcoin price (CoinDesk Data)

Finance

Bitcoin Life Insurer Meanwhile Raises $82M to Scale Savings, Retirement in BTC

With fresh capital from Bain Capital Crypto, Haun Ventures and others, Meanwhile eyes global growth in BTC life insurance market.

Meanwhile co-founder and CEO Zachary Townsend on CoinDesk TV (CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin Rally Fueled by Perfect Macro Storm; Ether, DOGE, BNB Surge

Bitcoin's breakout suggests further upside above $130,000, but a pullback to $118,000 remain possible, Deribit's CCO said.

Storm clouds gather. (Shutterstock)

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Finance

Cathie Wood's ARK Bets on Tokenization With a Stake in BlackRock-Backed Securitize

The ARK Venture Fund invested around $10 million in the tokenization specialist, according to CoinDesk's calculation.

Ark Invest's Cathie Woods (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

BitMine Immersion Added $821M in Ether, Bringing Cash and Crypto Holdings to $13.4B

The firm extended its lead as the largest ether treasury, holding over 2.83 million in ETH tokens.

Screenshot of Tom Lee on CoinDesk TV (CoinDesk)