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

Justin Sun Moves $4.3M of MakerDAO's Tokens to Binance: Blockchain Data

Tron founder Justin Sun’s potential sale of MakerDAO’s token – movements of tokens to an exchange often come before sales – coincide with the DeFi protocol’s controversial restructuring.

Tron CEO Justin Sun (Steven Ferdman/Getty Images)

Markets

Tether Trading Volume Falls to Multi-Year Lows, Market Cap Rise Is ‘Questionable:’ Kaiko

Trading with Tether’s USDT stablecoin has fallen to its lowest level in four years, while its market capitalization nears an all-time high of $83 billion.

(Kaiko)

Markets

Demand for Tokenized Treasury Bonds Soars as Crypto Investors Chase TradFi Yield

The combined market capitalization of tokenized money market funds is nearing $500 million as high yields in traditional markets attract crypto capital.

(Ryan Quintal/Unsplash, Modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

USDC Issuer Circle Moves $8.7B to Repo Agreements to Protect Reserves From U.S. Government Default

Circle’s reserve fund has ditched Treasury bills that mature beyond May 31, rotating assets to cash and overnight repurchase agreements instead, a company spokesperson said.

Jeremy Allaire, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, Circle (CoinDesk)

Finance

Tether Says It Will Buy Bitcoin for Stablecoin Reserves Using Realized Profits

The company, which issues the $82 billion USDT stablecoin, reported $1.48 billion of net profits in 2023 Q1 and revealed $1.5 billion in BTC holdings.

(Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finance

Lending Platform Atlendis Deploys Upgrade on Polygon, Opens $2M Lending Pool for Banxa

Atlendis Labs is a blockchain-based credit marketplace that offers revolving credit lines for small and medium-sized businesses and fintech firms.

(Atlendis Labs)

Finance

Bankrupt Crypto Lender Celsius Transfers $75M of Ether to Staking Service Figment

The maneuver represents one of the largest transfers of funds for Celsius Network since it filed for bankruptcy protection in July.

Celsius ETH staking with Figment (Arkham Intelligence)

Finance

MakerDAO Founder Proposes Plan for Upgraded Versions of DAI Stablecoin, Governance Token

Rune Christensen also proposed to incorporate artificial intelligence-assisted processes into Maker’s governance.

Rune Christensen (Trevor Jones)

Markets

‘Smart Money’ Traders Reduce Pepecoin Holdings by $3M as Meme Coin Mania Cools

PEPE token has dropped 66% since last week, when it reached a $1.8 billion market capitalization after a staggering rally.

(Anthony Kwan/Getty Images)

Finance

Tether Reports $1.48B Profit in Q1, Reveals Bitcoin, Gold Reserves

The company’s USDT stablecoin has seen rapid growth this year as the U.S. banking crisis hit rivals.

(Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)