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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Markets

Janover Buys Another $11.5M in SOL, Gets Renamed Amid Crypto Treasury Strategy Play

The Nasdaq-listed company now holds over $36 million in SOL since adopting a Solana treasury strategy earlier this month.

A Solana booth at ethDenver (Danny Nelson)

Markets

Bitcoin in Standstill at $85K as Trump Increases Pressure on Fed's Powell

A sharp plunge in the Philadelphia Fed manufacturing index coupled with rising prices added to U.S. stagflation fears amid the tariff war.

Bitcoin (BTC) price on April 17 (CoinDesk)

Policy

Hidden Road, Set to Be Acquired by Ripple, Wins U.S. Broker-Dealer License

Issued by FINRA, the license will allow the company to broaden fixed income prime brokerage services for institutional clients.

FINRA (Credit: Andriy Blokhin / Shutterstock)

Markets

LayerZero's ZRO Jumps 10% as VC Firm Andreessen Horowitz Buys $55M Worth

The venture capital firm's ZRO acquisition follows previous investments in the protocol.

LayerZero co-founders CTO Ryan Zarick and CEO Bryan Pellegrino (Chung Chow, BIV)

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Tech

Ethena, Securitize Target Q2 Mainnet Launch for RWA-Focused Blockchain, Tap Arbitrum, Celestia

The Converge chain is set to have fast blocktimes, let users pay gas fees in Ethena's tokens and support both permissionless and permissioned apps, the teams said.

Securitize CEO Carlos Domingo (left) and Ethena founder Guy Young (Securitize)

Markets

Bitcoin Rally Short-Circuited as Fed Chair Powell Raises Stagflation Fear

"We may find ourselves in the challenging scenario in which our dual-mandate goals are in tension," said Powell of the effect of the Trump tariffs.

Photo of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell

Finance

Neutrl Raises $5M to Tokenize a Popular Hedge Fund Altcoin Trade

The protocol's NUSD token generates yield by arbitraging locked altcoins, a $10 billion private market, Neutrl co-founder Behrin Naidoo said in an interview.

U.S. dollar (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Resolv Labs Raises $10M as Crypto Investor Appetite for Yield-Bearing Stablecoins Soars

Stablecoins are "perfect rails for yield distribution," the protocol's CEO and founder Ivan Kozlov said in an interview.

Resolv Labs co-founder and CEO Ivan Kozlov (Resolv Labs)

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Finance

Securitize Acquires MG Stover's Unit to Become Largest Digital Asset Fund Administrator

The deal expands Securitize Fund Services' offerings and brings its assets under administration to over $38 billion across 715 funds, the company said.

Securitize CEO Carlos Domingo (Securitize)

Markets

Janover Takes Page From Saylor Playbook, Doubling SOL Stack to $20M as Stock Soars 1700%

Former Kraken executives led by Joseph Onorati took over the real estate-focused fintech company aiming to become the first U.S.-listed firm with treasury strategy centered on Solana.

Janover's stock is taking off following its crypto pivot (Getty Images/Daniel Garrido)