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

Bitcoin Tops $120K on Report of Trump Approving Crypto Investments for Retirement Accounts

The president could sign an executive order as soon as this week to clear regulatory hurdles to allow investing in alternative assets including crypto in 401(k) accounts.

U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington D.C. on June 27. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Markets

XRP Tops $3.5, Shattering 2018 Peak on Trump Crypto Plans, U.S. Regulatory Advance

XRP surged 14% on Thursday, topping its previous, $3.4 record from the 2018 bull market.

XRP all-time high on July 17 (CoinDesk)

Policy

'Crypto Week' Reaction: What GENIUS and CLARITY Bills Mean for the Industry

The House of Representatives today approved GENIUS, clearing the way for stablecoin act to go to President Trump for signature. It also passed CLARITY market structure legislation, sending it to the Senate. Here's how the industry and beyond reacted.

U.S. Congress (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

Coinbase, Robinhood Hit Record Highs as U.S. House Passes Landmark Crypto Legislation

Crypto-linked stocks climbed higher on Thursday bolstered by investor optimism on stablecoin and crypto market structure bills advancing.

Coinbase (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

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Tech

Wyoming Tests Instant Payments with State-Issued Stablecoin on Avalanche-Based Hashfire

The exercise aims to showcase how stablecoins and blockchain rails can cut government vendor payments from weeks to seconds.

Cheyenne, Wyoming (Pete Alexopoulos/Unsplash)

Finance

Adam Back's Bitcoin Treasury Firm to Go Public with 30K BTC and $1.5B in Buying Power

Named Bitcoin Standard Treasury Company, or BSTR, the company is coming public via a SPAC merger with Brandon Lutnick's Cantor Equity Partners 1.

Blockstream CEO Adam Back at Consensus Hong Kong in February 2025 (CoinDesk/Personae Digital)

Finance

BitMine's Ethereum Bet Tops $1B as ETH Strategy Accelerates

BitMine now holds over 300,000 ETH, including options, as part of an aggressive strategy to secure 5% of the token's supply.

A Holstein bull is tethered to a peg in the ground (Cvmontuy/Wikimedia Commons)

Tech

Securitize Takes Tokenized Hamilton Lane Credit Fund Multichain, Bringing It Closer to DeFi

The on-chain credit fund, issued with $956 billion private investment firm Hamilton Lane, now spans Ethereum and Optimism, added daily liquidity and DeFi-ready token.

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

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Markets

Bitcoin's 4-Year Cycles May Be Over as the Asset Matures, K33 Analysts Say

Macroeconomic forces matter more now for BTC than the quadrennial mining reward halvings.

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Finance

Trump-Linked WLFI Token Clears Vote to Become Tradable

Holders voted 99% in favor of enabling transfers and exchange listings for WLFI, which has been locked-up since last year's $590 million presale.

Justin Sun of TRON and Zak Folkman of World Liberty Financial speak at Consensus Hong Kong 2025 by CoinDesk (CoinDesk/Personae Digital)