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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Crypto Funds Shrink to Lowest Since 2021 Summer Bear Market

Investors pulled out some $143 million from digital asset funds as confidence in crypto is flailing.

Investors pulled out $143 million from crypto funds in the week through May 20. (CoinShares)

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Market Wrap: Cryptos and Stocks Mixed Amid Bearish Sentiment

BTC is stabilizing around $30K while stock market volatility begins to fade.

Markets are mixed. (Milly Vueti/Unsplash)

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Market Wrap: Cryptos Mixed as Volatility Fades, Traders Expect Weak Recovery

Bitcoin's average trading volume rose toward its highest level since January, which could point to a brief period of price stabilization.

Volatility fades. (meriç tuna/Unsplash)

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Crypto Funds Saw Year's Highest Inflows as Terra Crisis Crashed Markets

Some $274 million flowed into digital asset funds as investors bought the dip, amid a broad crypto-market sell-off triggered by Terra's turmoil.

Crypto funds saw their highest inflows since late 2021. (CoinShares)

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What Are BIPs and Why Do They Matter?

Since Bitcoin doesn't have centralized leadership, Bitcoin Improvement Proposals are essential for the community to discuss and approve any upgrades.

Bitcoin Improvement Proposals are like software updates to the network. (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

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Market Wrap: Cryptos Extend Losses as LUNA Plunges

Bitcoin declined by as much as 6% over the past 24 hours, as LUNA dropped 96% and SOL fell 30%.

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Crisis in Terra's UST Stablecoin Spreads to Neutrino USD on Waves Protocol

Algorithmic stablecoins are under pressure after Terra's UST lost its $1 peg.

Stablecoin USDN loses its dollar peg. (TradingView)

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UST’s Bitcoin Reserve Too Late in Coming to Save Dollar Peg

Luna Foundation Guard buying billions of dollars in bitcoin without an infrastructure ready to deploy left Terra’s UST vulnerable to a “Soros-style attack,” an analyst said.

TerraForm Labs founder and CEO Do Kwon (CoinDesk TV, modified by CoinDesk)

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Market Wrap: Altcoins Outperform as Bitcoin Stabilizes Around $30K

BTC rose by 4% over the past 24 hours, compared with a 19% rally in MATIC.

Bitcoin rise (Shutterstock)

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Investors Flee Terra’s Anchor as UST Stablecoin Repeatedly Loses $1 Peg

Deposits on the Anchor protocol plunged below $9 billion from $14 billion since Friday after Terra’s stablecoin, UST, struggles to recover to $1. ANC, the protocol’s token, fell 35% during the day.

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