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

Crypto Traders Suffer Over $100M of Short Liquidations as Bitcoin Hits 3-Month High Over $31K

BTC surged past $31,000 and other cryptocurrency prices soared sharply Monday, too, taking many leveraged traders by surprise.

Crypto liquidations over the past 24 hours (CoinGlass)

Markets

Bitcoin Tops $35K, Hitting 16-Month High; Options Positioning Suggests Price Has Further to Run

Traders have gotten very optimistic that a bitcoin ETF will get approved in the U.S.

(Getty Images)

Markets

Solana Rallies 26% in a Week Despite FTX Sale Fears; What's Behind the Move?

Alameda FUD turned out to be less severe than anticipated, one analyst noted.

SOL price over the past week (CoinDesk)

Finance

Tokenization of RWAs Gets Boost With DTCC Deal to Buy Blockchain Startup Securrency

Securrency provides institutions with blockchain-based regulatory technology on top of existing legacy systems to enable digital asset adoption in a compliant manner.

DTCC is probing the implications of a digital dollar (Kachura Oleg/Getty Images)

Finance

Binance Says It Has Onboarded New Euro Fiat Partners for Deposits, Withdrawals

Paysafe, the crypto exchange's former service provider for euro transfers, ended support last month.

CEO of Binance Changpeng Zhao at Consensus Singapore 2018 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Eyes $29K, Defying Fresh Crypto Lawsuit, Rate Fears; XRP Jumps 6% as SEC Drops Charges

The New York Attorney General filed early Thursday a lawsuit against Genesis, Gemini and DCG for allegedly defrauding investors of $1 billion.

XRP price on Oct. 19 (CoinDesk)

Tech

Circle to Let Merchants Pay for Customers' Gas Fees With Web3 Wallet Upgrade

Southeast Asian super-app Grab is currently piloting the new product to cover gas fees for its Singaporean users if they use NFT vouchers.

Circle booth at ETHDenver (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

Spot Bitcoin ETF Approval Might Be Near, but Analysts Differ on Possible BTC Price Reaction

One line of thought envisions a major rally, while another suggests approval has been fully baked into prices.

Analysts differ on bitcoin's ultimate reaction to a spot ETF (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Investment Manager Methodic Unveils Ether Staking Fund Offering Exposure to ETH Price and Yield

The fund uses the CoinDesk Ether Total Return Index and BitGo will custody and stake the fund's assets.

Ethereum (Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Beats Rest of Crypto Market as Ether, DeFi Tokens Struggle

Bitcoin's market share of all cryptocurrencies rises to highest since April 2021.

BTC price on Oct. 17 (CoinDesk)