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

Private Equity Giant Apollo Invests in Real-World Asset Platform Plume

The investment aims to accelerate Plume’s efforts to make real-world assets tradable and usable in crypto markets.

Plume co-founders Eugene Shen, Chris Yin and Teddy Pornprinya (Plume)

Markets

Ripple, BCG Project $18.9T Tokenized Asset Market by 2033

Tokenization of assets could save significant costs for asset managers and issuers, driving broader adoption, the report noted.

(Ryan Quintal/Unsplash, Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Pops and Drops as Markets Swing Wildly on Tariff News

The White House denied a report that it was mulling a 90-day delay on imposition of tariffs.

Price bounce (Getty Images)

Markets

Bitcoin Begins to Decouple From Nasdaq as U.S. Stocks Crumble

Is the long-awaited "decoupling" finally here? Bitcoin bulls hope so.

Bitcoin begins to go its own direction as stocks tumble (Caleb Jones/Unsplash)

Markets

GameStop CEO Cohen Buys $10M of GME Shares Following Bitcoin Acquisition Plan

The company earlier this week closed on a $1.5 billion capital raise, with the funds to be mostly used to buy bitcoin.

(Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Finance

WisdomTree Expands Institutional Tokenized Fund Platform to Arbitrum, Avalanche, Base and Optimism

The firm also offers a broader selection of tokenized funds, including equity indexes and fixed income strategies.

Tokenized Treasuries has become a $3.5 billion asset class as demand and DeFi integration soared.(Ryan Quintal/Unsplash, Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Nears $80K but 'Turning Point' in Sight, Suggests Analyst

Gold continued to notably outperform so-called "digital gold."

Donald Trump (Shutterstock)

Finance

Wall Street Giant DTCC Unveils Tokenized Collateral Platform in Crypto Push

DTCC is the latest traditional finance firm to tap tokenization and blockchain tech for operational gains.

DTCC is probing the implications of a digital dollar (Kachura Oleg/Getty Images)

Markets

First Digital to 'Pursue Legal Action' Over Justin Sun Allegations as FDUSD Drops

The stablecoin deviated from its price peg as Tron founder Justin Sun claimed that First Digital Trust is "effectively insolvent," a characterization the company pushed back on.

Justin Sun of TRON and Zak Folkman of World Liberty Financial speaks at Consensus Hong Kong 2025 by CoinDesk (CoinDesk/Personae Digital)

Finance

Ripple Integrates RLUSD Stablecoin Into Cross-Border Payments System

Ripple USD's market cap reached $244 million since its December debut, growing 87% over the past month.

Brad Garlinghouse, the CEO of Ripple Labs (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)