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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Finance

Bahrain-Regulated Crypto Exchange Enters $1B Tokenized Gold Market as RWA Demand Grows

Gold-backed tokens have enjoyed a resurgence in activity recently as gold prices hit record highs.

Manama, capital of Bahrain (Charles Adrien Fournier/Unsplash)

Markets

Mt. Gox Moves Another $930M Bitcoin as Payout Deadline Looms

Wallets linked to Mt. Gox still hold $2.9 billion of assets, which are due to be paid out to creditors this October.

Mt. Gox Creditor Kolin Burges confronts Former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles (CoinDesk)

Finance

Cantor Fitzgerald Taps Copper, Anchorage Digital as Custodians for Bitcoin Financing Business

The business launches with $2 billion in initial financing.

FastNews (CoinDesk)

Tech

Circle Upgrades Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol Promising Near-Instant USDC Settlements

CCTP V2 enables nearly instant USDC transfers between blockchains with new feature, reducing blockchain transaction times from minutes to seconds.

A CCTP demo at Circle’s Consensus 2023 booth in Austin, Texas (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Markets

Ether's Freefall Below $1.9K Roils DeFi, Jeopardizes Crypto Loan Backed by $130M in ETH

Falling ETH prices also threaten other DeFi loans, with potential liquidations that could further impact the token's price.

Storm clouds gather. (Shutterstock)

Markets

Bitcoin Crumbles Below $80K as Crypto Sell-Off Goes From Bad to Worse

The price action came as the Nasdaq and S&P 500 stock indexes fell sharply early Monday as Trump failed to quell worries about a recession.

Bear (mana5280/Unsplash)

Policy

Thailand Regulator Adds USDC, USDT Stablecoins to Approved Cryptocurrencies

Previously, only bitcoin (BTC), ethereum (ETH), XRP, stellar (XLM) and certain tokens used in the Bank of Thailand’s settlement system were approved.

Bangkok, Thailand (Noom HH/Getty Images)

Markets

ADA, XRP, SOL Plunge as White House Backpedals on Trump's Crypto Reserve Plan

An official said Trump was "just giving five examples" of cryptocurrencies that could theoretically be in a crypto stockpile.

White House (Suzy Brooks/Unsplash)

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Markets

U.S. February Job Growth of 151K Roughly Matches Forecasts

In a bit of weakness, the unemployment rate edged up to 4.1% and January's job gains were revised lower.

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Finance

Tokenized Asset Manager Superstate Registers Transfer Agent with SEC

Superstate Services will first support the firm's two funds with plans to expand services to other issuers as the market for tokenized securities grows.

Robert Leshner, CEO of Superstate (Superstate)