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

U.S. Investors Are Driving Bitcoin’s Price Surge as Institutional Demand Rises

BTC price gains and trading activity have mostly concentrated during U.S. market hours, according to K33 Research.

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Finance

Binance's Euro Banking Partner to Halt Support of the Crypto Exchange in September

The exchange recently announced retreats from the U.K., Netherlands and Cyprus.

Founder/CEO of Binance Changpeng Zhao, closeup

Markets

Bitcoin Drops Below $30K as Altcoins Tumble; BTC Dominance Reaches 26-Month High

Bitcoin's market cap composes 52% of the total crypto market, its highest level since April 2021.

Bearish stock financial, bear market chart falling prices down turn from global economic and financial crisis. (Getty Images)

Finance

Maple Finance Expands to Direct Lending Targeting Web3 Firms

The firm aspires to fill the gap in crypto lending left by the implosion of centralized lenders such as BlockFi and Genesis.

Sid Powell, CEO of Maple Finance (Maple Finance)

Markets

Grayscale Bitcoin Trust Shares Rally to a One-Year High, Discount Dips to 30%

Investors are betting that recent filings for spot BTC ETF improve the chances for Grayscale to convert its trust into an ETF and close the price gap, one observer said.

Michael Sonnenshein, CEO, Grayscale Investments and Laura Shin, Podcast host and author, Unchained (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Finance

TrueUSD Stablecoin Has $26k of Funds at ‘U.S. Depository Halting Withdrawals,’ Reserve Report Says

The stablecoin issuer said last week that it had “no exposure” to the failed crypto custodian Prime Trust.

Beldex raises $25 million with a new DWF Labs partnership (Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Cash Price Jumps to One-Year High Fueled by Spiking Social Interest, Exchange Support

With today’s 17% gain, BCH has now more than doubled in the week since it was listed on EDX Markets, a new crypto exchange backed by financial heavyweights.

BCH price through the past seven days (CoinDesk)

Markets

Coinbase Loses Market Share in Ether Staking as Regulatory Pressure Mounts

The exchange’s share in ETH staking dropped to 9.7%, the lowest since May 2021. The SEC sued the company in June for offering unregistered securities.

Coinbase's Base blockchain has gone live (Chesnot/Getty Images)

Markets

Tron Founder Justin Sun Unstakes $30M of Ether from Lido, Sends Tokens to Huobi

Crypto wallets linked to Sun still hold some $543 million in Lido’s stETH token, according to Arkham Intelligence data.

Justin Sun (CoinDeskTV)

Markets

Circle Restarts U.S. Treasury Purchases in BlackRock-Managed USDC Reserve Fund

Repurchase agreements will keep being part of the reserve fund, Circle’s chief financial officer said Wednesday during a company call.

Jeremy Allaire, CEO of Circle (CoinDesk)