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

Solana, XRP Jump as Trump Reportedly Mulls 'America-First' Strategic Crypto Reserve, but Experts Suggest Otherwise

Two crypto market observers raised concerns to CoinDesk over the idea of expanding a potential national strategic reserve to altcoins.

Donald Trump (Joseph Sohm/Shutterstock)

Markets

XRP Hits 7-Year High Above $3 as Large Holders Accumulate $3.8B of Tokens

Growing speculation of a potential spot XRP ETF is one of the factors driving the surge, one crypto analyst said.

Bitcoin Bulls (Unsplash)

Markets

Unexpected Decline in Core CPI Sends Bitcoin Price Higher

Bitcoin has been consolidating in a range 10%-15% below record highs as investors largely tempered expectations of further interest rate cuts.

Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation (Maria Lin Kim/Unsplash)

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Dogecoin, XRP Lead Crypto Rebound, Bitcoin Tops $96K as Traders Await Key Inflation Data

The selloff in stocks and cryptocurrencies could mean Donald Trump's inauguration will less likely be a sell the news event, K33 Research said.

(Stefan Schurr/Shutterstock)

Finance

Tether Group to Establish Headquarters in El Salvador in Emerging Markets Push

The stablecoin behemoth is setting up shop for the group and its companies in the nascent crypto hub.

El Salvador flag (Unsplash)

Markets

Red-Hot DeFi Platform Usual Faces Backlash as Protocol Update Triggers Sell-Off

An unexpected change in the redemption mechanism of the protocol's yield-generating token caught investors off-guard, throwing the DeFi community into disarray.

FLASH: Balances on the Lightning Network can be revealed by relatively straightforward cyberattacks, researchers say. (Credit: Shutterstock)

Markets

U.S. Added 256K Jobs in December, Blowing Past 160K Estimate

Crypto markets have fallen sharply over the past few days as stronger than expected economic data sent interest rates surging and called into question the idea that the Fed will continue easing monetary policy.

The U.S. released January jobs numbers Friday morning (Ernie Journeys/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Heads to $90K as Crypto Selloff Gathers Steam

Strong economic data and a slumping bond market have called into question the idea of any rate cuts this year.

Ether has fallen below a key bull market trendline.  (Eva Blue/Unsplash)

Finance

MANTRA Blockchain to Tokenize $1B of Real-World Assets for UAE-Based Property Firm DAMAC

The deal will allow token-based financing of DAMAC's wide range of portfolio companies that includes real estate development, hospitality and data centers.

Dubai (David Rodrigo/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Slips Below $93K in Crypto Selloff, but Trader Sees Short-Term Bounce

Mining stocks including WULF, BTDR, IREN and HUT dropped over 5%, while BTC holder medical devices firm Semler Scientific plunged 10%.

Bull and Bear (nosheep/Pixabay)