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

LitFinancial Introduces Stablecoin on Ethereum to Streamline Mortgage Lending

Developed with Brale and Stably, litUSD aims to cut costs, improve treasury management and potentially used for on-chain settlement of mortgage payments.

Dollar (CoinDesk)

Finance

Minnesota Credit Union to Launch Stablecoin; Claims to Be First in U.S.

St. Cloud Financial Credit Union's upcoming token highlights how smaller financial institutions may tap stablecoins to be competitive following U.S. regulatory clarity.

Minnesota sign

Markets

Crypto Prices Buoyed by Soft PPI Data; Bitcoin Tops $113K

Traders boosted bets that the Fed would cut rates by 50 basis points next week, but bitcoin bulls have plenty of reason for caution.

Bulls

Markets

Chainlink's LINK Stalls After Nasdaq-Listed Firm's Treasury Purchase, Grayscale ETF Plans

Arizona-based asset manager Caliber purchased Tuesday an undisclosed amount of LINK as part of its digital asset treasury strategy focused on Chainlink.

"Chainlink's LINK Token Dips 7% Amid ETF Filing Surge Before Recovering Strongly"

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Finance

Ethena Joins Race for Hyperliquid's Stablecoin With BlackRock-Backed Proposal

Ethena's proposed stablecoin promises to return 95% of revenue to Hyperliquid’s ecosystem.

Digitally altered photo of a dollar bill (Ryan Quintal/Unsplash, Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Ether Treasury Company SharpLink Gaming Buys Back $15M in 'Undervalued' Shares

The repurchase happened as the firm's stock price fell below the net asset value of its underlying ether holdings.

Joe Lubin speaking at Consensus 2024 by CoinDesk. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk/Suzanne Cordiero)

Finance

Fidelity's Tokenized Money Market Fund Rolled Out on Ethereum With Ondo Holding $202M

The Fidelity Digital Interest Token is the latest entrant in the $7 billion and rapidly growing tokenized U.S. Treasuries market.

Fidelity Investments sign (Jonathan Weiss/Shutterstock)

Markets

Ethena's ENA Rallies to 7-Month High on Binance Listing Fueling $500M Buyback Hopes

Listing the protocol's USDe token on major exchanges like Binance is a key requirement to enable a mechanism to share protocol revenues with token holders.

Charts signal 2024-like massive BTC bull run ahead. (NASA-Imagery/Pixabay)

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Finance

MegaETH Unveils Native Stablecoin with Ethena, Aiming to Keep Blockchain Fees Low

The yield earned on the reserve assets would cover the blockchain's sequencer fees, helping keeping the transaction costs low, MegaEth said.

A group of people wear MegaETH branded caps (MegaLabs)

Finance

Tetra Digital Raises $10M to Create a Regulated Canadian Dollar Stablecoin

The firm is targeting an early 2026 launch, backed by investors such as Shopify, Wealthsimple and National Bank.

(Sebastiaan Stam/Unsplash)