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

A16z is the latest VC giant to widen bets beyond crypto and into AI and emerging tech

The venture investor behind early bets on Coinbase, Solana and Uniswap said is broadening its focus, joining other crypto investment firms looking beyond blockchain to artificial intelligence and tech themes.

a16z's Chris Dixon. (CoinDesk)

Finance

OKX-ICE co-chair Andrew Cuomo calls corporate objections a ‘natural response’ to tokenized stock plans

The former NY governor, who co-chairs the joint venture between the crypto exchange and Intercontinental Exchange, said companies were expected to take a wait-and-see approach.

Andrew Cuomo. (Getty Images)

Finance

Microsoft, Alphabet and Goldman Sachs join objections to OKX-ICE tokenized stock trading

Seven more issuers have opted out of being listed on the planned tokenized stock venue under the SEC's framework, bringing its disclosed objection count to 16.

Wall street signs (Lo Lo/Unsplash)

Markets

Live updates: Bitcoin holds near $82,000 as Nasdaq rebounds more than 1%

Bitcoin treasury company Strive continued to add large numbers of BTC to its balance sheet, while far larger peer Strategy acquired only a small amount.

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Finance

SEC tokenized stock framework faces issuer pushback as Broadcom, Verizon object to OKX-ICE listing

Eight more companies objected to trading on the planned OKX-ICE venue, while Nasdaq has separately said it would opt out under the SEC’s framework.

Wall Street street signs (Chenyu Guan/Unsplash)

Finance

Stablecoin supply stalls, but payments jump 45% as Visa, Mastercard and Stripe connect crypto to cash

Analytics firm Allium said stablecoin payments hit $482 billion this year so far, up 45%, as card spending surges and global payment firms add crypto rails.

Mastercard (Shutterstock)

Finance

Citrini sees a tokenization boom. The harder question is who profits

The influential research firm says real-world assets could finally give blockchains a clear role in finance. For investors, the next challenge is figuring out which companies, networks and protocols capture the revenue.

Wall Street (Shutterstock)

Finance

Former FTX Europe chief targets U.S. tokenized stock trading with new SEC exemption

Nasdaq-listed Perpetuals.com is the second company to pursue a U.S. tokenized stock marketplace under the SEC's new framework, following a joint venture between OKX and NYSE parent ICE.

Perpetuals.com Group CEO Patrick Gruhn (Perpetuals, modified by CoinDesk)

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Finance

BNY, Citadel Securities test tokenized U.S. Treasuries to speed up Wall Street financing

The transaction shows how blockchain-based government bonds could help trading firms move collateral faster between settlement and financing.

BNY office (BNY/Press)

Finance

Federated Hermes joins Wall Street's tokenization push with plans for first onchain fund shares

The $911 billion Pittsburgh-based asset manager is teaming up with Prometheum to bring blockchain-based share classes of its funds to traditional brokerage accounts.

Skyline view of Pittsburgh, PA (Venti Views/Unsplash)