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

Litecoin Transactions Hit Record High as Bitcoin Fees Surge Amid BRC-20 Frenzy

Transaction fees on the Bitcoin blockchain have hit a two-year high due to the rising popularity of so-called BRC-20 tokens.

Canary Capital Group, a new digital asset-focused investment firm, has plans to launch an exchange-traded fund tied to Litecoin. (Litecoin Foundation)

Markets

Pepecoin’s Bewildering Rise Turned a Pittance Into an Almost 5,000,000% Meme Coin Profit

A pseudonymous crypto trader bought trillions of the meme coin three weeks ago on UniSwap for $263, and still holds about $9 million of PEPE after selling several million dollars worth, according to data from blockchain platform Arkham.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

Liquid Staking Platform Lido Surpasses 6M Ether Deposits as Shanghai Upgrade Spurs Inflows

Ethereum’s Shanghai upgrade spurred deposit inflows to liquid staking protocols, including to the largest player Lido.

(Aditya Siva/Unsplash)

Tech

DeFi Protocol Curve Finance Deploys Native Stablecoin on Ethereum Mainnet

The deployment marks a major milestone for the public release of Curve’s highly anticipated native stablecoin.

Ratings company S&P Global has started ranking stablecoins' ability to hold their pegs. (eswaran arulkumar/Unsplash)

Markets

Binance, Coinbase Endure $700M in Staked Ether Outflows as Decentralized Liquid Staking Protocols Gain

Investors are ditching the centralized exchange giants to stake their ETH holdings on decentralized alternatives amid regulatory concerns, and as they chase higher rewards, crypto analysts say.

(Pixabay)

Tech

Decentralized Exchange Maverick Rolls Out Liquidity Incentives for Price Stability

Maverick's rewards system lets token issuers target a specific price range, offering more efficient incentives than rival Curve Finance and helping pegged assets such as stablecoins, liquid staking derivatives keep their prices stable, the protocol said.

(Maverick Protocol)

Markets

Bitcoin Tumbles as Wild Crypto Market Swing Causes $310M Losses From Liquidations

The CoinDesk Market Index (CMI), which tracks the performance of the broader crypto market, plummeted 5.6% in an hour.

Los traders inicialmente subieron los precios de xmon para obtener un airdrop de sudo, el token de gobernanza de SudoSwap. (Getty Images)

Policy

NY Fed Policy Change Could Squash Stablecoin Issuer Circle’s Hope for Fed Access

Funds structured as stablecoin issuer Circle’s BlackRock-managed USDC reserve fund “generally will be deemed ineligible” for the New York Federal Reserve’s reverse repurchase program under the new rules.

(Sandali Handagama/ CoinDesk)

Markets

Ethereum Shanghai Upgrade Brings Record Inflow of 572K ETH Staked in a Week

The influx into ETH staking was mainly driven by deposits from institutional staking platforms and reinvesting rewards, crypto analysts said.

ETH staking deposits (Dune Analytics, 21Shares)

Finance

Ether Erases All Gains From Shanghai Rally as Bitcoin, Other Crypto Prices Also Fall

The second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization has dropped to its lowest point since April 9, CoinDesk data shows.

Los traders inicialmente subieron los precios de xmon para obtener un airdrop de sudo, el token de gobernanza de SudoSwap. (Getty Images)