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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Finance

Tom Lee's Bitmine favors share buybacks to ether purchases as crypto declines

The Ethereum treasury firm spent $46 million buying back shares as Chairman Tom Lee said crypto has held up better than AI stocks during the recent market pullback.

Tom Lee on stage at Consensus Miami

Finance

Why McDonalds, Microsoft and Google saying no to tokenized stocks isn't a dealbreaker

Some of the world's biggest companies objected to being listed on the first tokenized securities trading venue under the SEC's innovation exemption. But the early pushback may say more about issuer caution than about rejection of tokenization itself.

McDonalds sign (Jurij Kenda/Unsplash)

Finance

Wells Fargo, Cisco, Marvell among latest firms objecting to OKXICE's tokenized stock plan

Six more companies have objected to listing tokenized versions of their stock on the venue, Reuters reported, bringing the total to 22.

Andrew Cuomo, co-chair of OKX-ICE and board member of OKX (Getty Images)

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)

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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)

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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.

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