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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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)

Finance

Crypto Payments Firm Mesh Raises $82M as Stablecoin Adoption Soars

The fundraising was completed using PayPal's PYUSD stablecoin and was led by Paradigm.

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

Finance

Bahrain-Regulated Crypto Exchange Enters $1B Tokenized Gold Market as RWA Demand Grows

Gold-backed tokens have enjoyed a resurgence in activity recently as gold prices hit record highs.

Manama, capital of Bahrain (Charles Adrien Fournier/Unsplash)

Markets

Mt. Gox Moves Another $930M Bitcoin as Payout Deadline Looms

Wallets linked to Mt. Gox still hold $2.9 billion of assets, which are due to be paid out to creditors this October.

Mt. Gox Creditor Kolin Burges confronts Former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles (CoinDesk)

Finance

Cantor Fitzgerald Taps Copper, Anchorage Digital as Custodians for Bitcoin Financing Business

The business launches with $2 billion in initial financing.

FastNews (CoinDesk)

Tech

Circle Upgrades Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol Promising Near-Instant USDC Settlements

CCTP V2 enables nearly instant USDC transfers between blockchains with new feature, reducing blockchain transaction times from minutes to seconds.

A CCTP demo at Circle’s Consensus 2023 booth in Austin, Texas (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

Ether's Freefall Below $1.9K Roils DeFi, Jeopardizes Crypto Loan Backed by $130M in ETH

Falling ETH prices also threaten other DeFi loans, with potential liquidations that could further impact the token's price.

Storm clouds gather. (Shutterstock)

Markets

Bitcoin Crumbles Below $80K as Crypto Sell-Off Goes From Bad to Worse

The price action came as the Nasdaq and S&P 500 stock indexes fell sharply early Monday as Trump failed to quell worries about a recession.

Bear (mana5280/Unsplash)

Policy

Thailand Regulator Adds USDC, USDT Stablecoins to Approved Cryptocurrencies

Previously, only bitcoin (BTC), ethereum (ETH), XRP, stellar (XLM) and certain tokens used in the Bank of Thailand’s settlement system were approved.

Bangkok, Thailand (Noom HH/Getty Images)