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

BlackRock's BUIDL, Superstate and Centrifuge Win Spark's $1B Tokenized Asset Windfall

Sky, formerly MakerDAO, announced last year its plan to allocate $1 billion of reserve assets in tokenized real-world asset products.

U.S. dollar (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Stablecoin Protocol Level Aims to Expand $80M DeFi Yield Token With Fresh Capital Raise

The protocol's lvlUSD stablecoin hit $80 million market capitalization since its beta launch and outperformed rival yield-generating stablecoins, founders told CoinDesk in an interview.


Markets

Bitcoin Edges Higher to $84K as Analyst Warns of Another Leg Down for Crypto

A crypto rally to new highs may have to wait until later this year, said Coinbase Institutional's head of research.


Markets

Bitcoin Tops $84K, Battling Key Level for Bulls; SOL, LINK Lead Gains

The rebound in risk assets propelled BTC above its 200-day moving average, a key benchmark for the long-term trend.

Bitcoin Bulls (Unsplash)

Finance

BlackRock's BUIDL Fund Tops $1B with Ethena's $200M Allocation

BUIDL is a key building block for multiple yield-generating offerings as a reserve asset, and it's increasingly used as collateral on trading platforms.

BlackRock headquarters (Shutterstock)

Markets

Tokenized Treasuries Hit Record $4.2B Market Cap as Crypto Correction Fuels Growth

Ondo Finance, BlackRock-Securitize and Superstate gained the most among the larger issuers, while Hashnote's USYC declined.

(Ryan Quintal/Unsplash, Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Gold Jumps to New Record, for Now Winning Debate Against Bitcoin as Risk-Off Asset

The yellow metal has risen as stocks (and bitcoin) have crumbled over the past few weeks.

A gold bar (Scottsdale mint/Unsplash)

Finance

Circle Plans to Bring $1B Tokenized Treasury Issuer Hashnote Under Bermuda License

The stablecoin issuer acquired Hashnote earlier this year with plans to expand its USYC token as collateral option for institutional investors.

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Tether’s Paolo Ardoino Says Stablecoin Issuer ‘Has Been Through Hell’, Is Cheered On at Cantor Conference

Ardoino spoke at the Cantor Fitzgerald Global Technology Conference on Wednesday as he continued his first trip to the United States.

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino on stage at Cantor Fitzgerald's event in New York (Helene Braun/CoinDesk)

Finance

Binance Gets $2B Investment From Abu Dhabi's MGX

It's the first institutional investment in the crypto exchange and the investment was made in an unnamed stablecoin, Binance said.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)