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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Markets

Chainlink's LINK Slides 11% as Technical Breakdown Overshadows ETF Launch News

The token broke below $12, breaching key support levels with heavy trading volume, confirming the downtrend.

Chainlink Falls 7% to $11.94 Despite Historic ETF Launch

Markets

Digital Asset Treasuries Lead Crypto Stock Sell-Off as Bitcoin Falls to $84K

Strategy fell to the lowest since October, 2024, and ether and solana treasury plays including BitMine, Sharplink, Solana Company, Upexi tumbled nearly 10%.

Bear roaring

Finance

Tom Lee's BitMine Acquires 97K ETH, Eyeing Fusaka Upgrade, Fed Policy as Positive Catalysts

The firm increased the pace of purchases from the previous week despite sitting on large unrealized losses on its ether bet.

Tom Lee

Policy

S&P Downgrades Tether's USDT, Citing Falling Bitcoin Prices as Risk

The ratings agency cited bitcoin's rising share in the stablecoin reserves, making USDT vulnerable to falling prices.

Tether

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Tech

Swiss Bank AMINA Trials Google Cloud's Ledger for Instant Payments

The pilot's goal was to show how banks can use Google’s Universal Ledger to settle fiat payments in real time without new digital currencies.

Google sign on building

Finance

Securitize Gets EU Green Light, Plans Tokenized Securities Platform on Avalanche

The tokenization firm set to run regulated infrastructure to issue and trade tokenized assets across the U.S. and EU.

Securitize CEO Carlos Domingo (Securitize)

Finance

U.S Bank Tests Custom Stablecoin Issuance on Stellar Network

The nation's fifth-largest commercial bank explores how a bank can issue stablecoins on a public blockchain.

Stellar (CoinDesk)

Finance

Anchorage Digital Aims to Pay 'Rewards' on Ethena's Tokens Under GENIUS Act

The U.S. stablecoin law prohibits paying interest on stablecoins, but Anchorage aims to offer a template to distribute yield-like rewards to token holders to stay compliant.

Nathan McCauley, co-founder and CEO of Anchorage Digital at Consensus 2025.

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Finance

Paxos Acquires Crypto Wallet Startup Fordefi to Expand Custody Services

The move aims to position Paxos to serve growing institutional demand for on-chain asset issuance and stablecoin payments.

Paxos CEO Charles Cascarilla (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Swedish Buy Now, Pay Later Giant Klarna Rolling Out Stablecoin with Stripe's Bridge

Digital bank Klarna's stablecoin, issued by Stripe’s Bridge on top of the upcoming Tempo blockchain, is set to debut next year.

U.S. dollar (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)