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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Policy

Wall Street transfer agents lobby SEC, warning that third-party tokens pose risks to market integrity

The Securities Transfer Association, an industry group for transfer agents, said company-authorized tokenization should receive preferential treatment under future rules.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Shutterstock)

Markets

Stablecoin market cap has shrunk by $10 billion since May, but analyst sees no reason to panic

The market shrank by $7.7 billion in June alone, the largest dollar amount since May 2022's Terra-Luna crash, but stablecoins will likely resume their long-term growth, one analyst said.

storm, clouds, silver lining (Liu JiaWei/Unsplash)

Markets

Arbitrum jumps 19% benefitting from Robinhood's $568 million onchain trading frenzy

The brokerage's new blockchain is off to a fast start, with memecoin trading boosting activity and revenue flowing back to the Arbitrum ecosystem.

Robinhood's Vlad Tenev speaks at Token2049 in Singapore (Token2049)

Finance

Aave rolls out vaults for yield-hungry fintech investors

Aave's new Stable Vaults product lets wallets, exchanges and payment apps offer yields on stablecoin deposits

Stani Kulechov, Aave Labs (Olivier Acuna/CoinDesk)

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Finance

Dinari, tZERO join forces on turnkey platform for tokenized U.S. equities

The move comes as firms race to build the infrastructure for blockchain-based stocks and debate how tokenized stocks should work.

Dinari co-founder and CEO Gabe Otte (Dinari)

Tech

Live markets: Bitcoin drops to $62,000 as oil and bond yields surge on collapse of Iran ceasefire

Hedge funds have turned the most bearish on the yen since 2007, boosting bets on further losses to nearly 138,000 contracts as of June 30.

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Markets

BlackRock-backed Securitize slides 40% after SPAC debut despite tokenization boom

The decline fits into a pattern of recently-public digital asset companies sliding after debut, Arca's Jeff Dorman said.

Securitize CEO Carlos Domingo at ETHConf 2026 (Margaux Nijkerk/ CoinDesk)

Tech

Live markets: Iran returns to the headlines, hitting markets

Bitcoin and ether ETFs drew fresh inflows Monday as the bid starts to return.

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Finance

Securitize eyes acquisitions with $400 million war chest after going public, CEO says

Following its NYSE debut, Securitize CEO Carlos Domingo said the firm wants to expand its institutional tokenization platform rather than buy competitors.

Securitize's Carlos Domingo (CoinDesk)

Finance

Bitmine added another $74 million in ether as Tom Lee bets on Clarity Act boost

The second-largest digital asset treasury increased its buying pace, while Strategy sold a chunk of its bitcoin holdings.

Tom Lee on the Mainstage at Consensus Miami 2026