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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Finance

Franklin Templeton Upgrades $380M Tokenized Treasury Fund to Enable Peer-to-Peer Transfers

The new feature helps to expand the utility of the Franklin OnChain U.S. Government Money Fund's BENJI token and make it more interconnected with the digital asset ecosystem.

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Markets

Bitcoin Dips to $63K as Rate Cut Hopes Dim Following Disappointing U.S. Inflation Report

Increasing concerns about sticky inflation hit risk assets across all markets, cryptos included.

Bitcoin price on April 25 (CoinDesk)

Finance

Spot Bitcoin, Ether ETFs Get Official Approval in Hong Kong; 'Potential Fee War' Unfolding, Says Analyst

One of the issuers waived management fees for the first six months, undercutting rival offerings.

Spot bitcoin ETFs could soon be coming to Hong Kong (Allan Watt/Flickr)

Markets

Mt. Gox's Looming $9B Payout Could Weigh on Bitcoin Prices, K33 Research Warns

The defunct crypto exchange will distribute 142,000 BTC and 143,000 BCH to creditors later this year, 10 years after its implosion due to a hack.

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

Markets

Bitcoin Eyes $67K After Halving as Altcoins Primed for Short Squeeze, Hedge Fund Says

Crypto-focused stocks also bounced higher, led by bitcoin miners Riot Platforms and Hut 8.

Bitcoin price on April 22 (CoinDesk)

Finance

Shiba Inu Fetches $12M Investment in a Token Sale to Build Privacy-Focused Blockchain

The new network will be built on top of layer-2 network Shibarium and offer enhanced privacy for users.

Shiba inu dog

Markets

Bitcoin Whales Bought $1.2B BTC Amid the Price Dip, Fueling the Quick Rebound

IntoTheBlock data shows that the largest bitcoin investors added nearly 20,000 BTC to their holdings as the top crypto briefly buckled below $60,000 on fears of military escalation between Iran and Israel.

Whales feeding (Shutterstock)

Finance

Tether Seeks to Boost Peer-to-Peer Payments on Telegram by Expanding Dollar, Gold Stablecoins to TON Network

The TON network has seen rapid growth recently helped by incentives for onboarding Telegram users.

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino (Tether)

Finance

Ondo Finance Brings Tokenized Treasuries to the Cosmos Ecosystem with Noble Integration

Introducing Ondo Finance's offerings to Cosmos "will bring vastly improved utility and liquidity to appchains and their users, all while offering exposure to yielding instruments," Ondo's founder Nathan Allman said.

(Ryan Quintal/Unsplash, Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Tumbles Below $60K, Ether Under $3K; Correction Not Over, Says Strategist

Large bitcoin investors haven't started to buy the dip yet, suggesting that the correction may continue for a while, an LMAX Group strategist noted.

Bitcoin (BTC) price on April 17 (CoinDesk)