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.

Krisztian Sandor

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Markets

Crypto Traders Suffer Over $100M in Liquidation Losses as Market Rout Deepens Amid Middle East Turmoil

Ether (ETH) dropped near 4% Monday, while some altcoins endured even greater declines before reverting as rising geopolitical turmoil weighed on crypto markets.

Liquidations by digital assets over the past 24 hours. (CoinGlass)

Markets

Crypto Markets Slump 2% Following Hamas Attack on Israel

Bitcoin flirted with a two-month high over the weekend before beginning to pull back early Monday.

Bitcoin slumps to $27.5K (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Grapples with $28K Resistance, but ‘Uncorrelated Asset’ Allure Could Mean Higher Prices, Says Analyst

The crypto is on track for gains on Friday despite bearish U.S. jobs numbers which initially sent it down nearly 2%.

BTC price today (CoinDesk)

Finance

Tokenized U.S. Treasuries Arrive on Coinbase’s Base with Backed’s RWA Token Issuance

The market for tokenized U.S. Treasuries has grown sixfold this year to $666 million, according to a real-world asset data provider.

(Ryan Quintal/Unsplash, Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Enters ‘Quiet Bull Market’ as Safe Haven from Bond Market Turmoil, Analyst Says

Investment research firm ByteTree upgraded bitcoin’s price outlook to “bull” from “neutral” as the crypto benefits as a “safe haven” amid an equity and bond sell-off.

Bitcoin price today (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Edges Higher to $27.7K; AVAX, XRP Jump as Crypto Market Settles

Crypto analysts forecast low volatility and consolidation for the month.

BTC price today (CoinDesk)

Markets

Poor Week for Ether Prompts Research Firm to Reverse Outlook, Advise Favoring Bitcoin Instead

Initial action suggested only very modest interest in the first U.S. futures-based ether ETFs.

BTC and ETH returns so far in October (TradingView)

Finance

Jump Trading Lost Almost $300M in FTX’s Collapse, Michael Lewis Says in ‘Going Infinite’

This makes the trading giant one of FTX’s top creditors, Lewis wrote, citing documents from the crypto exchange’s former chief operating officer, Constance Wang.

Jump Crypto President Kanav Kariya (Danny Nelson)

Finance

Canadian Exchange TMX Soon to Start Bitcoin Futures Trading

The futures contracts will trade on the Montreal Exchange and will be cash-settled and denominated in U.S. dollars, the exchange said.

Canada has unveiled new bank-capital plans for crypto (Pixabay)

Markets

Decentralized Exchange Bluefin’s New Version Goes Live on Sui Network

The platform’s v2 allows sub-second trades and trading without a crypto wallet, the company said.

Bluefin v2 (Bluefin)