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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Tech

BlockTower Capital Loses $1.5M in DeFi Market Aggregator Dexible Exploit: Blockchain Data

The hacker exploited a weakness in a smart contract code, allowing them to drain funds from certain crypto wallets. Crypto “whales” accounted for 85% of the losses.

(Shutterstock)

Markets

USP Stablecoin Loses Dollar Peg as DeFi Protocol Platypus Suffers $8.5M Attack

The flash loan attack caused Platypus Finance’s native stablecoin to fall to 48 cents from $1. The potential loss is $8.5 million, according to blockchain security firm CertiK.

(Getty Images)

Markets

TrueFi’s TRU Token Rallies Over 200% After Binance’s TUSD Mint Sparks Speculation

The rally appears to come from traders mistakenly connecting TRU with TUSD, a stablecoin that had been issued by TrueFi in the past but now no longer is.

(Midjourney/CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Trading Firm Auros Global Restructures $18M in Debt on Maple Finance

Auros Global has missed its payments on decentralized finance loans since November, citing funds frozen on the collapsed crypto exchange FTX.

Twitter Spaces: FTX – 1) What

Markets

Tether's USDT Gains $1B as Paxos Burns Over $1.8B of Binance USD Stablecoins

The increase comes as BUSD issuer Paxos faces increasing regulatory scrutiny.

Tether. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finance

Nomura’s Crypto Arm Invests in Institutional Hybrid DeFi Protocol Infinity Exchange

The investment showcases a growing trend of merging DeFi infrastructure and TradFi solutions to enable tokenizing traditional assets and to create blockchain-based markets for institutional investors.

Nomura. (charnsitr/Shutterstock)

Markets

Stablecoin Issuer Paxos Burns $700M Binance USD in 27 Hours Amid Regulatory Pressure

The BUSD supply decreased by more than 6% since Monday.

Nansen data shows that Paxos has been burning BUSD every few hours since Monday morning. (Nansen)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Coinmetro Buys Social Fundraising Platform Ignium

With the acquisition, the Estonia-based crypto exchange intends to broaden its securities market offerings and develop tools for small businesses to raise funds directly from their communities using non-fungible tokens.

Tallinn, Estonia (Pawel Toczynski/Getty Images)

Markets

Binance Withdrawals Surge as Paxos-BUSD Drama Weighs on the Exchange

Binance has endured some $831 million of net outflows in the past 24 hours, Nansen data shows. Monday’s outflow is the largest in a day since November.

Monday's net outflows from Binance reached similar levels as during the peak fear about the exchange’s reserves in December. (Nansen)

Markets

Binance USD's $16B Market Cap Up for Grabs as Paxos Regulatory Action Stirs Up Stablecoin Rivalry

Tether’s USDT stablecoin will likely be a big winner as Paxos stops issuing Binance USD stablecoin after being sued by the top U.S. securities watchdog.

(Antonio Masiello/Getty Images)