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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Market Wrap: Cryptos Extend Losses as LUNA Plunges

Bitcoin declined by as much as 6% over the past 24 hours, as LUNA dropped 96% and SOL fell 30%.

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Crisis in Terra's UST Stablecoin Spreads to Neutrino USD on Waves Protocol

Algorithmic stablecoins are under pressure after Terra's UST lost its $1 peg.

Stablecoin USDN loses its dollar peg. (TradingView)

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UST’s Bitcoin Reserve Too Late in Coming to Save Dollar Peg

Luna Foundation Guard buying billions of dollars in bitcoin without an infrastructure ready to deploy left Terra’s UST vulnerable to a “Soros-style attack,” an analyst said.

TerraForm Labs founder and CEO Do Kwon (CoinDesk TV, modified by CoinDesk)

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Market Wrap: Altcoins Outperform as Bitcoin Stabilizes Around $30K

BTC rose by 4% over the past 24 hours, compared with a 19% rally in MATIC.

Bitcoin rise (Shutterstock)

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Investors Flee Terra’s Anchor as UST Stablecoin Repeatedly Loses $1 Peg

Deposits on the Anchor protocol plunged below $9 billion from $14 billion since Friday after Terra’s stablecoin, UST, struggles to recover to $1. ANC, the protocol’s token, fell 35% during the day.

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Market Wrap: Cryptos, Stocks Tumble Amid Extreme Bearish Sentiment

BTC dropped by as much as 11% over the past 24 hours while several altcoins underperformed.

Mercado bajista —bear market, en inglés— de cripto. (Olen Gandy, Unsplash)

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Bitcoin Funds Had Surprise Inflows as Markets Plunged

Some $45 million flowed into these funds in the week through May 6. Investors apparently bought the market dip.

Digital-asset funds had $40 million in net inflows in the seven days through May 9. (CoinShares)

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Crypto Mortgages: How You Can Buy a House Using a Crypto-Backed Loan

Digital asset-backed mortgages let house buyers use their crypto holdings as collateral.

Crypto mortgages let the crypto rich leverage their cryptocurrency holdings to buy real estate without cashing out (Unspash, modified by CoinDesk).

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Hipotecas Cripto : como você pode comprar uma casa usando um empréstimo garantido por criptografia

As hipotecas garantidas por ativos digitais permitem que os compradores de imóveis usem seus ativos Cripto como garantia.

Crypto mortgages let the crypto rich leverage their cryptocurrency holdings to buy real estate without cashing out (Unspash, modified by CoinDesk).

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Mutui Cripto : come acquistare una casa utilizzando un prestito garantito da criptovalute

I mutui garantiti da asset digitali consentono agli acquirenti di case di utilizzare le loro partecipazioni in Cripto come garanzia.

Crypto mortgages let the crypto rich leverage their cryptocurrency holdings to buy real estate without cashing out (Unspash, modified by CoinDesk).