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

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)

Markets

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

Finance

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)

Finance

MoneyGram launches stablecoin on Stellar, joining rush toward digital dollar payments

MGUSD, issued by Stripe's Bridge, will power services across MoneyGram's global network as stablecoins gain traction in cross-border payments.

(Courtesy MoneyGram)

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Finance

Saylor's Strategy sold bitcoin for the first time since 2022. These firms are still buying

With Strategy breaking its accumulation streak and many peers stepping aside, the list of active digital asset treasuries has narrowed considerably.

Tom Lee and Michael Saylor at Consensus (CoinDesk)

Finance

Bitmine slows ether purchase pace, buying $53 million worth last week

The Ethereum treasury firm cut weekly purchases by more than 75% after the previous week's 112,000 ETH buying spree.

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

Finance

How Stellar became part of DTCC's tokenization push for Wall Street securities onchain

Wall Street's clearing giant chose a public blockchain with compliance tools built for regulated assets, Stellar Development Foundation CEO Denelle Dixon said.

Denelle Dixon, CEO and Executive Director of the Stellar Development Foundation (Stellar)

Finance

Tether's U.S.-focused stablecoin grows over 500% in a month, but still lags main rivals

USAT's market cap jumped above $140 million in April, though it remains well behind Circle's USDC, PayPal's PYUSD and Ripple's RLUSD tokens.

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin pinned below $73,000 despite potential U.S.-Iran deal news

U.S. stocks and bonds, and the oil market are reacting positively to yet another purported peace agreement, but crypto markets remain under heavy pressure.

Donald Trump points at the audience during a press conference at the White House.

Finance

Bit Digital bought $20 million ETH for first time since October before 15% plunge

The firm said it purchased 8,568 ether on May 11 at an average price of $2,334. Since then, ETH broke below $2,000, leaving the firm sitting at a $3 million unrealized loss.

Bit Digital CEO Sam Tabar (Bit Digital)