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

MoonPay expands into tokenized assets and DeFi markets with new platform for banks

With MoonPay Trade, the crypto payments firm is building infrastructure for banks, fintechs to access stablecoins, tokenized funds and yield in a one-stop shop.

Caroline D. Pham, Head of MoonPay Institutional, speaking at Consensus 2026 in Miami (CoinDesk)

Finance

Germany's AllUnity plans Swedish krona stablecoin, pushes into AI agentic payments

The DWS and Galaxy-backed firm targets June debut for its SEKAU stablecoin as Europe pushes to build regulated local-currency alternatives to U.S. dollar tokens.

Alexander Höptner, CEO at AllUnity (AllUnity)

Finance

Pan-European stablecoin effort expands to 37 lenders in push back against U.S. dollar dominance

Qivalis, a stablecoin initiative backed by a group of European banks, aims to issue a stablecoin later this year to deepen the euro's role in tokenized finance.

Jan-Oliver Sell, CEO of Qivalis (Qivalis)

Markets

This bitcoin bear market is different with 'uniquely pessimistic' traders limiting downside, K33 says

The research firm said bitcoin traders remain unusually defensive, reducing the risk of the kind of leverage-driven collapse seen in prior downturns.

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Policy

SEC to propose tokenized stock framework as Wall Street efforts deepen: Bloomberg

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is reportedly poised to release a major crypto proposal as it seeks to institute its digital assets agenda.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Shutterstock)

Markets

Hyperliquid's USDC deal could supercharge HYPE, pressure Circle, Coinbase margins, analysts say

The revenue share deal could shift an estimated $160 million in revenue from Coinbase and Circle into Hyperliquid's ecosystem, Compass Point analysts said.

Hyperliquid founder Jeff Yan

Finance

Stripe-backed Tempo taps $7.5 billion DeFi lender Morpho to expand beyond payments

The move brings onchain yield and lending to the payments-focused chain in a bid to offer full-stack onchain finance platform to companies building on it.

Paul Frambot, CEO Morpho Labs (Morpho)

Finance

Bitmine buys the dip as Tom Lee ties ether's pullback to rising oil prices

The Ethereum treasury firm bought over 71,000 ETH last week, a sharp increase from the previous week's purchases.

Tom Lee on the Mainstage at Consensus Miami 2026

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Markets

Tokenization push could pull trillions of dollars into DeFi, StanChart says

The bank projects $4 trillion of tokenized assets by 2028, boosting demand for blockchain-native lending and trading infrastructure.

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Tech

Crypto security is turning into an AI arms race as agents may overwhelm compliance teams

AI agents and automated payments could reach a scale that crypto monitoring systems built for human-paced markets cannot handle, Elliptic CEO Simone Maini warned.

Elliptic CEO Simone Maini (Elliptic)