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

BitMine Immersion's Ether Holdings Top $6.6B, Stock Slides 7% Alongside ETH's Tumble

The Tom Lee-led firm increased its ether stash to 1.5 million tokens last week, up from 1.15 million.

Screenshot of Tom Lee on CoinDesk TV (CoinDesk)

News Analysis

Why Circle and Stripe (And Many Others) Are Launching Their Own Blockchains

Firms aim to own their settlement rails to boost efficiency, compliance and revenue from digital asset payments, analysts said.

Railways (Unsplash/Getty Images)

Markets

Digital Asset Treasury Firms Plunge as Bitcoin Tumbles Below $117K, ETH Slides to $4.4K

The crypto rally continues to quickly reverse course just two days after bitcoin surged to a new record and ether soared to a five-year high.

Coins falling from a jar. (Josh Appel/Unsplash)

Finance

Galaxy Secures $1.4B to Expand Helios Data Center for AI and HPC

The firm, led by Mike Novogratz, projected its deal with AI cloud firm CoreWeave could generate $1 billion in annual revenue over 15 years.

Mike Novogratz, Galaxy founder and CEO, speaks at Consensus 2024

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Policy

U.S. Blacklists Crypto Network Behind Ruble-Backed Stablecoin and Shuttered Exchange Garantex

U.S. officials accused Garantex, Grinex, A7A5 token issuers and executives of laundering ransomware proceeds and evading sanctions.

Moscow.

Markets

Crypto Slide Spurs $1B Leverage Flush, But It's a Healthy Pullback, Analysts Say

Market strategists said the crypto rally’s broader outlook remains positive despite the largest long liquidations since early August.

Sea waves. (Dimitris Vetsikas/Pixabay)

Markets

Stablecoin Payments Projected to Top $1T Annually by 2030, Market Maker Keyrock Says

Institutional adoption, FX settlement and cross-border flows are expected to drive stablecoin growth, a report by Keyrock and Bitso said.

(Christian Dubovan/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Tokenization Firm Dinari to Launch L1 Blockchain, Aims to Be the 'DTCC of Tokenized Stocks'

The Dinari Financial Network will serve as a coordination layer for tokenized equities, with a group of institutions such as VanEck, BitGo and Gemini operating validators.

Dinari co-founder and CEO Gabe Otte (Dinari)

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Markets

Crypto Prices Quickly Slide After Troubling U.S. PPI Report

Inflation at wholesale level in the U.S. in July sped up far beyond economist forecasts, calling into question expectations for lower interest rates.

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Markets

Ether Just 3% From ATH as Bitcoin Rallies on ‘Supportive Momentum’

The current macro backdrop has rarely been more favorable for risk assets, and the market hasn't fully priced in what's coming, a report said.

Rocket (SpaceX/Unsplash)