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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Markets

Bitcoin Climbs to $105K; Crypto ETF Issuer Sees 35% Upside

Cryptocurrencies reversed early losses as risk assets shrugged off the Moody's U.S. debt downgrade.

Bitcoin (BTC) price on May 19 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Climbs to $105K; Crypto ETF Issuer Sees 35% Upside

Cryptocurrencies reversed early losses as risk assets shrugged off the Moody's U.S. debt downgrade.

Bitcoin (BTC) price on May 19 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Crypto Miners Soar on OpenAI-CoreWeave Deal; Galaxy Jumps in Nasdaq Debut

Asset prices across markets largely shrugged off surging Inflation expectations, with crypto prices consolidating sideways.

OpenAI's Sam Altman, who has proposed Universal Basic Compute as a fix for automation-driven global equality. (Village Global/Flickr)

Markets

DeFi Development Surges 30% on BONK Validator Partnership, More SOL Purchases

The real estate tech enterprise turned Solana-focused public company now holds 609,190 SOL tokens worth over $107 million.

A Solana booth at ethDenver (Danny Nelson)

Markets

Bitcoin Holds Above $100K, Altcoins Slide as Analyst Sees Crypto Rally Into Summer

After testing the $100,000 level early Thursday, bitcoin reversed to above $103,000.

Bitcoin (BTC) price on May 15 (CoinDesk)

Consensus Toronto 2025 Coverage

PayPal Crypto Head Says Banks Are Needed to Unlock Full Stablecoin Potential

At Consensus 2025, leaders from PayPal and MoneyGram pointed to regulation, real-world utility and trust as keys to stablecoin growth.

Jose Fernandez da Ponte, senior vice president of digital currencies at PayPal, speaks at Consensus 2025.

Consensus Toronto 2025 Coverage

Banks Exploring Stablecoin Amid Fears of Losing Market Share, BitGo Executive Says

BitGo’s stablecoin-as-a-service has drawn significant interest from U.S. and international banks, Ben Reynolds said.

Ben Reynolds, director of stablecoins at BitGo, at Consensus 2025 by CoinDesk

Consensus Toronto 2025 Coverage

Stablecoins Bring 'Meaningful Innovation for Global Payments,' Ripple Exec Says

Ripple and Kraken executives said at Consensus 2025 that stablecoin adoption is at a tipping point to become an integral part of the global payment system.

Consensus 2025: Kraken and Ripple

Finance

Cantor Equity Partners Discloses $458M Bitcoin Acquisition

The bitcoin treasury company made the purchase via Tether at an average price of $95,320 per BTC.

Strike CEO Jack Mallers speaks at the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)