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

Germany Almost Done Selling Bitcoin, Holding Less Than 5K Tokens After Latest Moves

Thursday was another big day of transfers to exchanges linked to German authorities, blockchain data shows.

German bitcoin holdings (Arkham Intelligence)

Markets

Crypto Bulls Frustrated as Bitcoin and Stocks Recouple – to the Downside

A continuing series of record highs for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq over the past weeks has done nothing to prop up sliding crypto prices, but Thursday saw both asset classes tumbling together.

Bitcoin price on July 11 (CoinDesk)

Markets

MicroStrategy to Split Stock 10:1 After Share Price Triples in a Year on Bitcoin Rally

The company is the largest corporate bitcoin holder, with more than $13 billion worth of BTC in its treasury.

MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Price Decline on Germany, Mt. Gox and Miner Sell Pressure May Be Overblown: NYDIG

Recent blockchain movements sparked "irrational" fears, offering a buying opportunity for investors, NYDIG's Greg Cipolaro said.

Bitcoin's decline coincided with investor worries about supply overhangs (NYDIG)

Markets

Bitcoin Rebounds Toward $60K, but Choppiness Likely to Persist: Analysts

The market will have to absorb $4 billion to $7 billion of bitcoin selling pressure throughout the middle of the year, which will weigh on prices, K33 Research said.

Bitcoin (BTC) price on July 9 (CoinDesk)

Finance

BlackRock's BUIDL Fund Tops $500M as Tokenized Treasury Market Soars

The overall market of tokenized U.S. Treasury products has reached $1.8 billion, rwa.xyz data shows.

BlackRock's corporate office in New York, New York. (Jim.henderson/Wikimedia Commons)

Markets

Bitcoin Drops as German Government Unloads Over $900M Worth of BTC

Wallets linked to the German government still hold some 23,788 bitcoin, meaning that it has already sold more than half of its seized assets, according to Arkham Intelligence data.

Bitcoin price on Monday (CoinDesk)

Finance

Digital Asset Trader Auros to Invest Over $50M in Crypto Startups Through Its Newly Established VC Arm

Auros Ventures aims to make concentrated bets on crypto startups to help them scale with Auros being "power user," Auros co-founder and CIO Ben Roth said in an exclusive interview with CoinDesk.

Julien Auchecorne, the newly appointed head of Auros Ventures (Auros)

Markets

Crypto Crash Pushes Fear & Greed Index to Lowest Since Bitcoin Traded at $17K in Early 2023

The widely-followed sentiment metric hit extreme greed levels earlier in March near the local top of the crypto market, but now is pushing its limits in the opposite direction.

Edvard Munch's "The Scream" (Art Institute of Chicago)

Markets

U.S. Added 206K Jobs in June as Unemployment Rate Rose to Highest Since November 2021

Bitcoin dipped a hair on the news but prices had already crashed over the past 48 hours as markets dealt with a crush of new supply.

The government's jobs report for January was released Friday (David McNew/Getty Images)