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

SharpLink Acquires $463M in Ether, Shares Remain 66% Lower

The purchase announcement did little to the stock, which tumbled 70% on a late Thursday filing that allowed investors to sell shares.

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

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Ethereum Treasury Firm SharpLink Gaming Plunges 70% – But There May Be a Twist

The company earlier raised $450 million in a private placement round from investors to pursue an ETH reserve strategy.

Joseph Lubin, a co-founder of Ethereum and the CEO of ConsenSys, speaks at SXSW 2019.

Finance

Coinbase to Launch Bitcoin Rewards Card With Amex, While Eyeing U.S. Futures Expansion

The Coinbase One Card, issued in partnership with American Express, will offer up to 4% rewards in bitcoin after purchases and other perks.

Brian Armstrong speaks at Consensus 2019. (Credit: CoinDesk archives)

Finance

DeFi Adding $5B of Solana Buying Power With New Line of Credit

The move will allow the Nasdaq-listed firm to add to its 609,000 SOL stack as of May 16.

Solana sign (CoinDesk)

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Conduit, Braza Group Debut Stablecoin Forex Swaps for Cross-Border Payments in Brazil

Stablecoin rails cut payment processing time to minutes from a few days on traditional SWIFT rails, the companies said.

brazil (CoinDesk Archives)

Finance

GameStop Raising Another $1.75B for Potential Bitcoin Purchases

The company made its initial acquisitions of bitcoin in May, buying 4,710 coins for about $500 million.

(John Smith/VIEWpress)

Markets

AAVE Breaks Key Resistance as DeFi Sector Heats Up

SEC Chair Atkins' remarks earlier this week spurred optimism for the sector's future.

AAVE price on June 11 (CoinDesk)

Finance

Sweden's H100 Group Rallies Another 30% After Raising $10M for Bitcoin Treasury Strategy

Bitcoin OG Adam Back was among the investors in the health and longevity company's capital raise.

Sweden flag (CARTIST/Unsplash)

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Ondo Finance Debuts $693M Treasury Token on XRP Ledger Amid Soaring RWA Trend

The tokenized treasury market has grown to $7.2 billion, with Ondo's OUSG token being one of the largest token following BlackRock's and Franklin Templeton's offerings.

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

Finance

Moody’s Ratings Brings Credit Rating to Solana in Real-World Asset Tokenization Trial

Solana’s growing presence in real-world asset tokenization gets a boost as Moody’s tests on-chain credit ratings for municipal bonds.

Moody's logo in front of a chart. (GettyImages)