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

Tokenized Credit Platform Centrifuge Plans Institutional RWA Lending on Coinbase's Base, Raises $15M in VC Investment

CFG, the protocol's native token, spiked as much as 14% after the announcement before paring gains and outperformed other DeFi tokens.

Centrifuge is one of the largest blockchain-based credit platform with $270 million of active loans. (Mae Mu/Unsplash)

Markets

Is the Bitcoin Rally Over? Reasons to Stay Bullish on BTC Despite Correction

Bitcoin has pulled back more than 15% since hitting an all-time high one month ago, with some major altcoins nosediving 40%-50%, but "few understand how normal corrections like these are in bull markets," one observer noted.

Bulls against a background of snow.

Finance

Max Boonen's PV01 Tokenizes $5M Treasury Bill, Plans to Look at Corporate Bonds

The company aims to bring corporate bonds to blockchain rails, which could have averted a similar credit meltdown to what happened in crypto in 2022, CEO and co-founder Max Boonen said in an interview.

Maxime Boonen, co-founder of B2C2 and PV01 (PV01)

Markets

Bitcoin Plunges to $66K, Altcoins Tumble 10-15% on Ugly Day for Risk Assets

Looking beyond today's decline, investors may expect continued market weakness due to the tax season, Ryze Labs said in a report.

Bitcoin price on April 12 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Ondo Spikes 8% as Ondo Finance Tests Instant Conversion From BlackRock's Tokenized Fund to USDC

Stablecoin issuer Circle introduced a new smart contract function earlier Thursday to allow near-instant, around-the-clock redemptions from BlackRock's BUIDL fund for USDC stablecoins.

Ondo price on April 11 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Aptos Falls 16% Over Past Week, Lagging Ahead of $300M Token Unlocking Event

Unlocks are scheduled releases of previously locked-up cryptos to prevent early investors and insiders from selling tokens in large numbers.

Aptos price through the week to April 11 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Pepe Coin Spikes on Coinbase International Plan to List Perpetual Futures

The crypto exchange's off-shore arm will open perpetuals market for the popular meme coin on April 18.

PEPE moves higher (Anthony Kwan/Getty Images)

Tech

Chainlink Aims to Make Transfers Across Blockchains Safer with New Bridge App 'Transporter'

"Having a secure way to move both value and data across chains is something the blockchain industry has needed for years," Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov said.

Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov speaks at the project's SmartCon conference in Barcelona. (Chainlink)

Markets

Bitcoin Rebounds to $70K, Shrugging Off Hot U.S. Inflation Print

Major U.S. equity indices closed the day lower after disappointing CPI numbers, while BTC was up 1%.

Bitcoin price on April 10 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Hong Kong's Incoming Spot Bitcoin ETFs Could Be 'Big Deal.' Here's What Analysts Say

Massive demand for a China-listed gold ETF sent its premium soaring to 30% earlier this week.

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