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.

Krisztian Sandor

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Crypto Lender Maple Finance Opens U.S. Treasury Bill Pool for Cash Management

Maple’s new lending pool offers accredited investors, crypto firms and DAO treasuries a way to earn yield on their idle stablecoins by investing in one-month U.S. Treasury bills.

(Ryan Quintal/Unsplash, Modified by CoinDesk)

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Ethereum Shanghai Upgrade Leads to Huge Influx of ETH at Exchanges

Ethereum’s seamless implementation of withdrawals, also known as the Shanghai upgrade, on April 12 led ETH’s price to rally above $2,100, its highest level since May 2022.

(Pixabay)

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TrueUSD's Bitcoin Trading Volume Nears Tether’s on Binance but Traders Hesitate to Use the Token

Binance assigned a zero fee discount to the BTC-TUSD trading pair last month, waiving the promotion from Tether’s USDT.

TUSD and USDT in BTC trading on Binance (Kaiko)

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Crypto Market Maker DWF Labs’ More Than $200M in Deals Blur What ‘Investing’ Means

DWF Labs made headlines with flurry of investments in crypto projects such as CryptoGPT or Synthetix. A closer examination reveals that many of their deals aren’t typical venture capital investments. However, the firm says it’s all a misunderstanding.

Andrei Grachev of DWF Labs (LinkedIn, modified by CoinDesk)

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Ether’s Post-Shanghai Rally Knocks Bitcoin Dominance From 21-Month High

ETH’s share of the total crypto market capitalization rose to a one-month high, according to TradingView data.

BTC and ETH trade higher on moderate volume to begin the week. (DALLE-E/Coindesk)

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Large Bitcoin Investor Sent $330M in BTC to Bitfinex Exchange Before Price Dropped Below $30K: Blockchain Data

The bitcoin "whale" was the 14th largest bitcoin holder until mid-March, controlling $1.2 billion in BTC, according to BitInfoCharts.

(Todd Cravens/Unsplash)

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Lending Platform Maple Prepares New U.S. Treasury Pool; MPL Token Rises 23%

Maple’s pool will allow accredited investors and corporate treasuries based outside of the U.S. to invest in U.S. Treasury bonds on-chain, CEO Sid Powell said in a community call.

(Unsplash)

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M11 Credit Resumes Crypto Lending on Maple Finance After FTX-Spurred Pause

The firm introduced an upgraded credit underwriting process and appointed a new head of credit. The developments came after M11 Credit suffered $36 million of loan defaults on lending protocol Maple Finance following FTX’s November collapse.

Lending money handing over paying cash (Shutterstock)

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Tokenized Gold Surpasses $1B in Market Cap as Physical Asset Nears All-Time Price High

This a type of stablecoin pegs its price to gold, while the tokens on the blockchain represent ownership of physical gold managed by the issuer.

All but one of the recently launched spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETF) charge a lower fee than the largest gold ETF, making them a cheaper investment into a gold-like asset. (Unsplash)