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 Plunges 9%, Sank Below $25K on Binance as August Turns Very Ugly

A boring August has turned into a bloodbath. Two-thirds of leveraged funds' positions are short, one observer said, noting the bearish bias of sophisticated traders.

BTC's price sank (CoinDesk)

Markets

Trump Owns Even More Crypto Than First Known, New Documents Show

The former U.S. president currently holds $2.8 million in ETH after debuting an NFT collection last year, fresh disclosures reveal.

Donald Trump Trading Card NFTs (OpenSea)

Markets

Bitcoin Slips to $29K, but Fundstrat's Tom Lee Sees $150K on ETF Approval

Altcoins are leading declines, with majors like DOGE, SOL and MATIC shedding 6-7% in the past 24 hours.

Bitcoin falls back to $29K (CoinDesk)

Finance

Maple Finance's Tokenized Treasuries Available to U.S. Investors After Securities Exemption

The platform's cash management facility has attracted $22 million of deposits since opened in April.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Finance

Circle Seeks to Make Crypto Payments Easier With New 'Programmable Wallets'

The product is aimed at payments from businesses to customers.

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire (left) with Michael Casey, chief content officer of CoinDesk (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Markets

Looter Behind $61M Curve Hack Starts Returning Assets, Raising Hope for Recovery

The exploited protocols offered a 10% bounty Thursday for returning the rest of the assets until the end of this week.

(Alpha Rad/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Wobbles at $29K as XRP Leads Altcoin Losses; SHIB, Helium Gain

Cryptocurrency markets sold off Friday afternoon as equity markets gave up early gains and closed the day in red.

Bitcoin returns to $29K (CoinDesk Indices)

Markets

Traders Ditch USDT on Curve, Uniswap, Pushing Key Exchange Pools Into Imbalance

Similar imbalances happened when Terra imploded in May 2022 and after the Silicon Valley Bank crisis hit USDC issuer Circle in March.

USDT daily price (CoinDesk)

Markets

Binance Boosts First Digital's Stablecoin With Zero Fees to Buy and Sell Bitcoin, Ether

The crypto exchange listed the Hong Kong-regulated First Digital's FDUSD stablecoin last week.

(Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Markets

Litecoin Plunges 6% to Fresh Monthly Lows on Halving Day

Historically, LTC has tended to peak ahead of its halving event, at which miner rewards are slashed by 50%.

LTC daily price (CoinDesk)