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

Bullish's $1.15B in IPO Proceeds Was Entirely in Stablecoins—A First for Public Market

Stablecoins used in the settlement include dollar- and euro-pegged tokens of Circle, Paxos, PayPal, Ripple and Societe Generale, among others.

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

Markets

Bitcoin Drops Below $114K, Ether Loses $4.2K as Jackson Hole Speech Might Bring Hawkish Surprise

The bubble in crypto treasury strategy companies deflated even further on Tuesday.

Bitcoin plunges below $40K (Eva Blue/Unsplash)

Finance

TeraWulf Rally Cools on $850M Convertible Note Sale After Google Deal

Most of the net proceeds are earmarked for the firm's data center expansion, with $85 million set aside for capped call transactions to mitigate share dilution.

Máquinas de minería de bitcoin (Shutterstock)

Finance

SharpLink Ether Holdings Top $3.1B, Trailing BitMine in Pace of ETH Acquisition

The firm said it bought 143,593 ether last week, bringing total holdings to 740,760 tokens.

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

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Finance

Wyoming State Debuts U.S. Dollar Stablecoin on Seven Blockchains

The Frontier Stable Token has been deployed on Arbitrum (ARB), Avalanche (AVAX), Base, Ethereum (ETH), Optimism (OP), Polygon (POL), and Solana (SOL) networks.

(Pascal Bernardon/Unsplash)

Finance

Tether Taps Bo Hines, Former White House Crypto Council Head, as Advisor for U.S Strategy

Hines will guide Tether’s U.S. market push, focusing on policy engagement and digital asset growth, the firm said.

Bo Hines on CoinDesk TV

Markets

KindlyMD Closes $200M Convertible Note Funding for More Bitcoin

Shares are lower by 11% on Monday with an analyst noting NAKA's convertible note terms were somewhat more stringent than those afforded to Michael Saylor's Strategy.

A statue of Satoshi Nakamoto, a presumed pseudonym used by the inventor of Bitcoin, is displayed in Graphisoft Park on September 22, 2021 in Budapest, Hungary. The statue's creators, Reka Gergely and Tamas Gilly, used anonymized facial features, as Nakamoto's true identify remains unconfirmed. (Photo by Janos Kummer/Getty Images)

Finance

Stellar Development Foundation Invests in Archax, Aiming to Boost Tokenization

The UK-regulated digital asset platform has integrated Stellar into its tokenization tool and launched the Aberdeen tokenized money market fund on the network.

Raja Chakravorti, chief business officer at Stellar Development Foundation on CoinDesk TV (CoinDesk)

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Finance

Circle Acquires Malachite to Power Its Upcoming Arc Blockchain

The USDC stablecoin issuer last week said it is building its own blockchain focused on stablecoin finances.

Circle's logo and name (Sandali Handagama/ CoinDesk)

Finance

BTCS to Pay First-Ever Ether Dividend, Loyalty Bonus to Discourage Short Selling

Shareholders can opt for a $0.05 per share in ETH or cash dividend plus a $0.35 reward for moving shares to book entry for at least 120 days.

Digitally rendered Ethereum logo (Unsplash)