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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Finance

Guatemala's Largest Bank Adopts Stablecoin Rails for U.S. Remittance Payments

SukuPay will allow Guatemalans to receive funds from the U.S. for a flat 99 cent fee, using only a phone number within their Banco Industrial mobile app Zigi.

16:9 Guatemala City (Victor Leal/Pixabay)

Finance

Apex Group Buys Majority Stake in Tokenization Specialist Tokeny as RWA Trend Soars

Apex Group said it plans to fold Tokeny’s team and tech into its services as it pushes tokenized finance to the mainstream.

Buildings are some the assets ready to be tokenized, say advocates for tokenization.

Markets

Sell in May? Bitcoin Tops $107K, Could Hit Record Highs This Summer Say Analysts

Regulatory tailwinds, persistent ETF and corporate buying, Fed rate decisions and Trump's looming tariff deadline are setting the crypto market up for an eventful next few months.

Bull statue (Pixabay)

Finance

Securitize’s Tokenized Credit Fund Set for Solana DeFi Debut as RWA Trend Expands

Kamino Finance and Steakhouse Financial are teaming up to bring Securitize's ACRED token to the fast-growing Solana DeFi ecosystem.

Statue of Apollo by Johann Baptist Hagenauer in Schönbrunn Palace Park, Germany

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Markets

SocGen’s Crypto Arm to Launch Dollar Denominated Stablecoin on Ethereum, Reports Say

The stablecoin, initially for institutional investors, follows the launch of SG Forge’s euro stablecoin, EURCV.

Office tower at night (Vincent Wachowiak/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Climbs to $105K; Crypto ETF Issuer Sees 35% Upside

Cryptocurrencies reversed early losses as risk assets shrugged off the Moody's U.S. debt downgrade.

Bitcoin (BTC) price on May 19 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Crypto Miners Soar on OpenAI-CoreWeave Deal; Galaxy Jumps in Nasdaq Debut

Asset prices across markets largely shrugged off surging Inflation expectations, with crypto prices consolidating sideways.

OpenAI's Sam Altman, who has proposed Universal Basic Compute as a fix for automation-driven global equality. (Village Global/Flickr)

Markets

DeFi Development Surges 30% on BONK Validator Partnership, More SOL Purchases

The real estate tech enterprise turned Solana-focused public company now holds 609,190 SOL tokens worth over $107 million.

A Solana booth at ethDenver (Danny Nelson)

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Markets

Bitcoin Holds Above $100K, Altcoins Slide as Analyst Sees Crypto Rally Into Summer

After testing the $100,000 level early Thursday, bitcoin reversed to above $103,000.

Bitcoin (BTC) price on May 15 (CoinDesk)

Consensus Toronto 2025 Coverage

PayPal Crypto Head Says Banks Are Needed to Unlock Full Stablecoin Potential

At Consensus 2025, leaders from PayPal and MoneyGram pointed to regulation, real-world utility and trust as keys to stablecoin growth.

Jose Fernandez da Ponte, senior vice president of digital currencies at PayPal, speaks at Consensus 2025.