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 Holds Above $100K, Altcoins Slide as Analyst Sees Crypto Rally Into Summer

After testing the $100,000 level early Thursday, bitcoin reversed to above $103,000.

Bitcoin (BTC) price on May 15 (CoinDesk)

Consensus Toronto 2025 Coverage

PayPal Crypto Head Says Banks Are Needed to Unlock Full Stablecoin Potential

At Consensus 2025, leaders from PayPal and MoneyGram pointed to regulation, real-world utility and trust as keys to stablecoin growth.

Jose Fernandez da Ponte, senior vice president of digital currencies at PayPal, speaks at Consensus 2025.

Consensus Toronto 2025 Coverage

Banks Exploring Stablecoin Amid Fears of Losing Market Share, BitGo Executive Says

BitGo’s stablecoin-as-a-service has drawn significant interest from U.S. and international banks, Ben Reynolds said.

Ben Reynolds, director of stablecoins at BitGo, at Consensus 2025 by CoinDesk

Consensus Toronto 2025 Coverage

Stablecoins Bring 'Meaningful Innovation for Global Payments,' Ripple Exec Says

Ripple and Kraken executives said at Consensus 2025 that stablecoin adoption is at a tipping point to become an integral part of the global payment system.

Consensus 2025: Kraken and Ripple

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Finance

Cantor Equity Partners Discloses $458M Bitcoin Acquisition

The bitcoin treasury company made the purchase via Tether at an average price of $95,320 per BTC.

Strike CEO Jack Mallers speaks at the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Asset Manager VanEck Joins Tokenization Race With U.S. Treasury Fund Token

The tokenized U.S. Treasury fund was developed with tokenization firm Securitize and has launched on the Avalanche, BNB Chain, Ethereum and Solana networks.

Jan van Eck, president and CEO of asset manager VanEck, speaks at Consensus Invest 2018 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Coinbase Shares Jump 8% on S&P 500 Inclusion

The company is set to join the broad-market stock index on May 19, replacing Discover Financial.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong at the White House

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Markets

Bitcoin Falls Below $102K; Easing of Tariff Risk Could See More Underperformance

After one month of eye-popping gains, fattened bulls are lightening up after the U.S. and China announced a trade truce.

Bitstamp reversed course. (Peter Hermus/Getty images)

Finance

Anchorage Digital to Acquire USDM Issuer Mountain Protocol in Stablecoin Expansion Move

The deal aims to strengthen Anchorage Digital’s role in the institutional stablecoin ecosystem, CEO Nathan McCauley said.

Anchorage CEO: Regulation Is 'Fundamentally Bullish' for Crypto Space