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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Bitcoin bounces, HYPE falls, NEAR gets demolished as crypto deals with a wipe out

Amid the crypto price crash, a handful of tokens have been performing well, but they're tumbling now as Arthur Hayes exits.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor in 2021 (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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Tom Lee's Bitmine borrows a page from Saylor's playbook to offer 9.5% yield in preferred stocks

The largest Ethereum treasury firm is taking a page from Michael Saylor's Strategy to issue preferred shares to tap new sources of funding.

Tom Lee, chairman of Bitmine and cofounder of Fundstrat, speaking at Consensus 2026 in Miami (CoinDesk)

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Bitmine's Ethereum bet nears $9 billion loss as ether falls below $1,800

Shares of Tom Lee's Ethereum treasury firm hit their lowest level since the company's crypto pivot as ETH revisits the February lows.

Tom Lee, chairman of Bitmine and cofounder of Fundstrat, speaking at Consensus 2026 in Miami (CoinDesk)

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Kraken parent Payward plans to offer tokenized IPO access as investors await blockbuster debuts

Payward aims to give retail investors access to IPO shares at the offering price through tokenized equities.

Payward and Kraken co-CEO Arjun Sethi. (CoinDesk)

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Live markets: bitcoin hits weakest level since late March as selling continues

One novel theory floating around social media says it's Iranian sanctions, not Strategy sales, that's behind this week's price crash.

Bitcoin

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Coinbase backs Ethena ahead of savings product launch for exchange's 100 million users

Coinbase Ventures, the exchange's venture arm, bought Ethena tokens on the open market as the protocol is set to roll out a Coinbase integration next week.

Coinbase (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

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Bitcoin set for 'choppy summer' as capital chases high-flying AI stocks, K33 says

The firm still views bitcoin as undervalued relative to equities, but says investors are rotating into AI stocks as the opportunity cost of missing gains by holding BTC is too high.

Ship on turbulent waters. (Pixabay)

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Strategy's bitcoin sale may mark start of ether outperformance, StanChart's Kendrick says

ETH could outperform BTC by 40% from current levels as bitcoin treasuries may sell assets to cover obligations, the bank's digital asset research head said.

Tom Lee and Michael Saylor at Consensus (CoinDesk)

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Live markets: bitcoin loses $67,000 level in Tuesday plunge, putting February's lows back in play

Google overnight set an $80 billion capital raise, including $10 billion from Berkshire Hathaway, reflecting the continuing flood of money headed into AI (and not crypto).

Bear. (geralt/Pixabay

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Symbiotic aims to make tokenized assets easier to cash out with new liquidity network

Liquid Lane aims to solve a key bottleneck that is holding back growth of tokenized funds and credit: long redemption times, Symbiotic cofounder Misha Putiatin said.

Symbiotic cofounders Misha Putiatin and Algys Ievlev (Symbiotic)