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

Bitcoin Won’t Be Stuck Below $30K for Long, Crypto Options Traders Bet

BTC losing the significant price level after a month is likely just a short-term deviation based on derivatives trading data, SynFutures CEO said.

BTC monthly price (CoinDesk)

Markets

MakerDAO Looks to Ignite Growth for $4.6B DAI Stablecoin With Up to 8% Reward

The circulation of Maker’s DAI stablecoin has shrunk by a third over the past year.

Rune Christensen (Trevor Jones)

Finance

Asset Tokenization in Europe Gets a Boost With Securitize's Landmark Tokenized Equity Issuance

The firm started issuing tokens representing equity in a Spanish real estate investment trust under Spain’s new digital asset supervision.

Securitize co-founder and CEO Carlos Domingo (Securitize)

Markets

Paradigm Moves $3.5M in MakerDAO's MKR Tokens Following Peer a16z's Maneuver

Fellow venture capital firm a16z over the past week transferred $7 million of its MKR holdings to crypto exchange Coinbase.

Paradigm's MKR transfers (Arkham Intelligence)

Finance

Italy’s Central Bank Taps Polygon, Fireblocks DeFi Project to Help Institutions Dabble With Tokenized Assets

The initiative aims to help Italian banks, asset managers and financial institutions, including the $1 trillion banking group Intesa Sanpaolo, experiment with decentralized finance and security tokens.

italy

Markets

Crypto Lender Credix Brings Additional Private Credit Pool on Solana With 11% Yield

Decentralized finance platform Credix opens a trade receivables lending pool with the Solana Foundation among the investors.

Coin98 joins a growing roster of DeFi protocols crafting their own stablecoin. (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Venture Capital Firm a16z Unloads $7M of MKR Tokens as Price Soars

Lending platform Maker’s governance tokens soared to near one-year high prices last week prior to the sales.

a16z's MKR transactions (Arkham intelligence)

Markets

Avalanche Foundation Commits $50M to Bring More Tokenized Assets to Blockchain

The program follows Avalanche’s initiative to financial institutions to test blockchain services on one of its subnets.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

Crypto Investors Sour on Bitcoin Funds After Massive Inflows, Turn Instead to Ether and XRP

Digital asset investment products recorded outflows last week for the first time since mid-June, CoinShares reported.

Digital asset fund flows (CoinShares)

Markets

Bitcoin Drops to $29K Amid Binance Story, China Woes; XRP, SOL Lead Altcoin Slump

Regulatory uncertainty surrounding Binance, the largest crypto exchange, tends to weigh on crypto prices.

BTC daily price (CoinDesk)