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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Finance

DeFi Debt Marketplace Credix to Open a $150M Stablecoin Credit Pool to Digital Lender Clave

Clave will use the pool to originate loans to Latin American businesses and consumers.

Coin98 joins a growing roster of DeFi protocols crafting their own stablecoin. (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin, Ether Surge on Short Squeeze

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Oct. 26, 2022.

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Markets

Crypto Game Axie's AXS Tokens Get Unlocked, Recipients Send $5.7M Worth to Exchanges

Axie Infinity released the first batch of 10 million previously restricted tokens to early investors and insiders, blockchain data shows. Crypto asset management firm Arca already deposited freshly-claimed AXS tokens to the FTX exchange – a move that sometimes indicates an inclination to dump.

Axies from the play-to-earn game Axie Infinity.

Markets

MakerDAO Members Support Founder's 'Endgame' Plan to Break Up into MetaDAOs, $2.1B of Transfers

Community members will move ahead with founder Rune Christensen's ambitious plan to break up the protocol into MetaDAOs.

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Consensus Magazine

3 Indicators Beginner Crypto Traders Should Use, According to Pros

Trading indicators help crypto investors to anticipate where the prices are headed. Here are the underrated tools professionals recommend.

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Layer 2

How Crypto Traders Are Weathering the Bear Market

Three full-time crypto traders share their best trades, worst bets and how they are weathering the crypto winter.

Crypto winter (Timothy Eberly/Unsplash)

Markets

Crypto Gaming Token AXS Under Pressure as $215M Unlock Looms for Axie

Some 10 million of Axie’s AXS tokens owned by insiders and early investors will be unlocked soon, creating selling pressure. AXS price has dropped following prior unlocking.

Axies from the play-to-earn game Axie Infinity.

Finance

A16z Doesn’t Support Plan to Break Up DeFi Giant MakerDAO

MakerDAO, one of the largest decentralized protocols, is in the middle of a makeover. Rifts have emerged between investors and founders as they offer competing plans for making the protocol more decentralized and try to drive growth.

MakerDAO founder Rune Christensen (CoinDesk TV)

Finance

Crypto Market Maker Wintermute Pays Off $96M TrueFi Debt Weeks After Being Hacked

The TrueFi loan was one of the firm's largest outstanding known debts owed to a DeFi lending platform.

Evgeny Gaevoy, Wintermute CEO (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

TrueFi's $4M Bad Debt in Limbo Shows Risk of Crypto Lending Without Collateral

Decentralized lending protocol TrueFi’s experience with loan default reveals its recourse for recovering bad debts: old-school solutions that can be time-sapping and costly, such as taking borrowers to court.

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