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

Tether's USDT Stablecoin Market Share Rises to Highest Level in 15 Months

USDT’s market share among stablecoins surpassed 54% on Monday, its highest level since November 2021.

(Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Markets

Binance USD Stablecoin Market Cap Falls Below $10B After Coinbase Delisting

Liquidity is deteriorating for Binance USD as crypto investors have redeemed some $7 billion of tokens from issuer Paxos since regulators ramped up pressure on the stablecoin.

Binance Logo (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

Ethereum’s Shanghai Upgrade Will Not Crash Ether Price, Analysts Say

Crypto analysts CoinDesk interviewed are saying concerns are overblown and selling pressure will be limited.

(DALL-E/CoinDesk)

Finance

DeFi Trading Platform Aurox Seeking Funding at $75M Valuation

The DeFi-focused software developer firm is seeking to raise up to $1 million in a crowdfunding campaign on tZERO.

The price of ether has risen 16% in the past week. (Getty Images)

Markets

Crypto Broker Voyager Digital Sends $121M in Crypto to Exchanges, Sells Ether, Shiba Inu Holdings

Blockchain transaction data by Arkham Intelligence shows Voyager Digital transferred some $121 million of crypto assets to exchanges in February and received some $150 million in USDC stablecoins in the last four days, likely proceeds from sales.

(Arkham Intelligence)

Markets

TrueUSD Becomes 5th-Largest Stablecoin as Binance Mints $130M TUSD in a Week

Blockchain data shows crypto exchange giant Binance has been relying increasingly on TUSD following a crackdown on its Binance USD stablecoin by U.S. regulators.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

DeFi Giant MakerDAO Rejects $100M Loan to Cogent Bank

The rejection follows less than a year after Maker approved a similarly structured loan to Huntingdon Valley Bank.

(Unsplash)

Policy

Crypto Investors' $28M ‘Black Thursday’ Lawsuit Against DeFi Giant Maker Dismissed by US Judge

The class-action lawsuit alleged Maker-related entities misrepresented risks of holding collateral debt positions, resulting in heavy losses for some users.

(Aitor Diago/Getty Images)

Tech

DeFi Protocol Platypus to Repay at Least 63% of User Funds After $9M Hack

The Avalanche-based protocol worked with crypto exchange Binance to identify the exploiter responsible for last week's attack.

The exploit of Platypus Finance is the latest example of crypto's rampant problem with hackers. (Meg Jerrard/Unsplash)

Markets

Frax Finance Votes to Fully Collateralize Its $1B Stablecoin

The vote is a step for Frax’s native stablecoin frxUSD to retire its algorithmic element.

(eswaran arulkumar/Unsplash)