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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Bitcoin Funds Rake In New Money as Altcoin Funds Suffer

Funds that manage BTC pulled in some $126 million last week, more than all other digital-asset funds combined, a CoinShares report shows.

Bitcoin funds outperformed other digital-asset funds in raking in new money last week. (CoinShares)

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Staked Ether Discount After Terra Collapse a Sign of Liquidity Crunch in Crypto

The price gap between the locked-up ether and spot ether may be a sign of traders demanding compensation for Ethereum’s "Merge" risks, a FundStrat analyst said.

Staked ETH diverged from ETH and hasn't recovered, a sign that investors are pricing in risks of Ethereum's "Merge". (Luis Villasmil/Unsplash)

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What Is Tether? How USDT Works and What Backs Its Value

Tether’s USDT is the most popular stablecoin and is widely used by traders. It is not without controversy. Here’s what you need to know.

Hedge funds are increasingly betting against Tether. (Andreas Wagner/Unsplash)

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Declines, Resisting Seasonal Norm; Altcoins Mixed

BTC declined by 4% over the past 24 hours, while WAVES rallied by 21%. The odds of positive monthly returns diminish until Q4.

Bitcoin 24-hour price chart (CoinDesk)

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The Fall of Terra: A Timeline of the Meteoric Rise and Crash of UST and LUNA

A detailed timeline of Terra's journey from its underdog start as a payments app in South Korea to a $60 billion crypto ecosystem to one of the biggest failures in crypto.

(Zoltan Tasi/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Rises to $32K, Outperforming Altcoins

BTC bounced after a nine-week losing streak, although some analysts remain skeptical.

Bitcoin 24-hour price chart (CoinDesk)

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Market Wrap: Metaverse Tokens Rise; Crypto Analysts Expect More Volatility

BTC was roughly flat over the past 24 hours while SAND rose by as much as 7%.

Volatility ahead (Matt Hardy/Unsplash)

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Crypto Whales Ditched Tether for USDC After Stablecoin Panic

The UST failure prompted large investors on the Ethereum blockchain to leave USDT for the perceived safety of its biggest competitor.

(CoinMetrics)

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Market Wrap: Cryptos Decline Amid Bearish Sentiment

The bitcoin Fear & Greed Index reached its second-lowest record fear level in history. Analysts expect a period of lower returns.

Investors grapple with market risk. (Mostafa Meraji, Unsplash)

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Unable to Hold $30K, Altcoins Mixed

BTC declined by 2% over the past 24 hours, while Fantom's FTM token rallied by as much as 16%.

Bitcoin 24-hour chart (CoinDesk)