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

Tron Network USDD Stablecoin Wobbles From Dollar Peg Amid Latest Crypto Crisis

Justin Sun speculated in a tweet that struggling trading firm Alameda might have started the deviation by selling its USDD holdings.

Tron founder and diplomat Justin Sun (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Markets

Alameda, In Eye of Crypto Storm, Takes $37M of Wrapped Bitcoin Off FTX.US Exchange

The purpose of the token movements is unclear, and the amount likely a small portion of the overall firm's holdings, but the observation shows Alameda scrambling to arrange its finances – using the Ethereum blockchain.

Blockchain transaction data showing Alameda Research moving $37 million of wrapped bitcoin off the FTX.US crypto exchange. (Arkham intelligence)

Markets

Liquidity Crunch Spreads to Crypto Lending as Institutional Borrowers Max Out Credit Pools

Multiple crypto investment firms received a “warning” label on lending protocol Clearpool for draining almost the maximum amount of credit from their credit pools.

Several crypto investment firms drained almost all of their available credit from their credit pools on Clearpool. (Clearpool)

Markets

FTX Token Falls 80% Despite Binance Bailout as Alameda Contagion Spreads to Bitcoin

FTT token's crash theoretically could wipe out billions from Alameda's balance sheet, deepening its financial woes, according to an analyst. Bitcoin fell to a 23-month low.

FTX's exchange token dropped to as low as $4 from $22 less than a day ago. (CoinDesk)

Markets

Binance Exchange's BNB Token Leads Broad Crypto Rebound After FTX Bailout Offer

The exchange token used within the Binance trading environment jumped 20%, leading a broad rebound in crypto markets that had been in free fall over acute speculation that the rival FTX exchange might be facing a rapid run on deposits.

BNB, Binance's token, jumped to as high as almost $400 to the news that Binance and FTX reached a deal. (TradingView)

Markets

$1B Crypto Hack Fears Spur 20% GALA Plunge, but Firm Implies It Attacked Itself as a Safeguard

"All GALA tokens on Ethereum as well as the underlying bridge collateral are SAFE," an affiliated firm tweeted.

GALA price crashes after exploit speculation. (TradingView)

Markets

NFT Platform ImmutableX’s $66M Unlocking Looms, Putting Sell Pressure on IMX Token

Immutable will release some 110 million IMX tokens to investors who bought the token in a private sale before the token's start a year ago. Some investors may see a 500% return on their holdings.

ImmutableX's IMX token unlock is approaching and will allow early private investors to sell some of their holdings. (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Lending Protocol TrueFi Issues Notice of Default to Invictus Capital for Failing to Repay Loan

Archblock, the underwriter of the loan, joins the court-advised liquidation process of crypto hedge fund Invictus' parent company in an attempt to recover losses for investors.

Bitcoin Corporate Treasury Adoption (Shutterstock)

Markets

Terra-Victim Invictus Capital Defaults on $1M TrueFi Loan

This is the second time in a month that a lender defaulted on an unsecured loan on the decentralized lending protocol.

The dollar may soon rebound, capping gains in bitcoin. (pasja1000/Pixabay)

Finance

Early MakerDAO Developer and Stablecoin Pioneer Found Dead in Puerto Rico

A 29-year-old man's body was pulled from the currents Friday morning off a beach in the Condado area of San Juan, El Nuevo Dia reported, citing local police.

Nikolai Mushegian (DappHub)