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

DeFi Tokens Plunge 10%-20%, Led by Pendle Amid Weak Crypto Price Action This Week

Pendle has recently lost $3 billion of its TVL with the June expiry as a result of diminishing airdrop farming hype and lower yields amid muted crypto activity.

CoinDesk DeFi Index

Markets

Bitcoin's Bottom in Price Could Be Near or Already In, the Coinbase Premium Index Suggests

Previous deeply negative readings occurred near local bottoms in price, with the most recent occurring just prior to BTC's rally between October and March to all-time highs, FalconX's David Lawant noted.

The Bitcoin Coinbase Premium Index has fallen to levels not seen since the FTX collapse (CryptoQuant)

Finance

Circle Snags First Stablecoin License Under EU's New MiCA Crypto Rules

Circle Mint France will issue the euro-denominated EURC stablecoin and USDC in the European Union in compliance with MiCA.

Circle Chief Strategy Officer Dante Disparte (left) and CEO Jeremy Allaire (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Relief Rally Stalls at $63K as Crypto Rebound Faces Hurdles

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for July 1, 2024.

Bitcoin price on July 1 (CoinDesk)

Markets

This Is Why Altcoin Investors Struggle Despite Bitcoin, Ether Sitting Near Yearly Highs

Constantly diluting supply with token unlocks, selling pressure from venture funds, lack of fresh inflows to crypto and seasonal trends all contributed to the brutal drawdown in altcoin prices.

Risks of a deeper pullback are growing for BTC (mana5280/Unsplash)

Markets

McKinsey Sees Just $2T of Tokenized RWAs by 2030 in Base Case, With Broad Adoption 'Still Far Away'

Previous reports from Boston Consulting Group and 21Shares forecasted over $10 trillion of tokenized assets by the end of the decade in their optimistic scenarios.

(Ryan Quintal/Unsplash, Modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Michael Saylor's MicroStrategy Acquires 11.9K More Bitcoin for $786M

The company now holds 226,331 bitcoins worth just shy of $15 billion.

MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk)

Finance

RWA Tokenization Expands to Life Insurance with Infineo Minting $9M of Policies on Provenance Blockchain

This was the first example of transferring tokenized versions of life insurance policies, the company said.

(Shubham Dhage / Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Bounces to $67K with BTC Miners Rallying 5%-10%; XRP Leads Altcoins

As bitcoin's volatility is nearing historically low levels, the crypto market is in need of news or catalysts to bring traders to action, one market participant noted.

Bitcoin price on June 17 (CoinDesk)

Policy

Crypto Trading Firm Cumberland Acquires New York's BitLicense

The company said it's one of the only principal trading firms to hold the state's crypto license.

(Michael Discenza/Unsplash)