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

Bitcoin Treasuries to Move Beyond HODL to Yield, Hedging and Share Buybacks as NAV Discount Bites

As the bitcoin treasury frenzy fades, the HODL pitch isn't completely dead, but firm should consider active reserve management to stand out, analysts say.

Bitcoin (CoinDesk)

Finance

BitMine Immersion Sitting on $4B Loss on Ether Bet as Analyst Warns of Structural issues

Tom Lee's company could trap shareholders amid low staking yields, hefty embedded fees and vanishing NAV premium, 10x Research founder Markus Thielen warns.

Screenshot of Tom Lee on CoinDesk TV (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Bounces Above $84K as Fed's Williams Puts December Rate Cut Back on Table

Previously having essentially written off chances of further monetary ease in 2025, interest rate traders are now pricing more than a 70% chance of a rate cut at the Federal Reserve's December meeting.

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is leading a program to test the use of digital tokens to settle transactions among financial institutions. (Shutterstock)

Finance

Anthony Scaramucci-Backed AVAX One Approves $40M Stock Buyback

Digital asset treasury firms are increasingly turning to share buybacks to arrest plunging stock prices as investor demand sours.

Avalanche (AVAX) (CoinDesk)

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Markets

Bitcoin's Nvidia-Led Gains Prove Short-Lived, With Price Slumping Back to $88K

U.S. stocks are also giving up a major early advance, with the Nasdaq now ahead just 0.3%.

Bitcoin (BTC) price on Nov. 20 (CoinDesk)

Finance

Tether Invests in LatAm Crypto Infrastructure Firm Parfin to Boost USDT Among Institutions

The investment is part of Tether’s broader push to expand stablecoin settlement and tokenization tools among institutions across Latin America, the firm said.

Tether

Finance

Ether Treasury Firm FG Nexus Unloads Nearly 11K ETH to Fund Share Buyback

The action comes just a couple of weeks after fellow ETH treasury firm ETHZilla sold $40 million of tokens to fund its own share buybacks.

Ethereum News

Markets

Bitcoin Slips Back Below $90K — Crypto Correction Now Ranks Among Worst Since 2017, K33 Says

After a rare spot of outperformance on Tuesday, bitcoin has resumed sliding, with one analyst eyeing $84,000–$86,000 as potential local bottom.

Bitcoin (BTC) price on Nov. 19 (CoinDesk)

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Finance

Winklevoss-Backed Cypherpunk Buys $18M More Zcash, Bringing Holdings to $150M

The digital-asset treasury firm is sitting on a over 100% paper gains following Zcash's recent rally.

Gemini co-founders Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss at White House (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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)