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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Mercados

Bitcoin in Standstill at $85K as Trump Increases Pressure on Fed's Powell

A sharp plunge in the Philadelphia Fed manufacturing index coupled with rising prices added to U.S. stagflation fears amid the tariff war.

Bitcoin (BTC) price on April 17 (CoinDesk)

Regulación

Hidden Road, Set to Be Acquired by Ripple, Wins U.S. Broker-Dealer License

Issued by FINRA, the license will allow the company to broaden fixed income prime brokerage services for institutional clients.

FINRA (Credit: Andriy Blokhin / Shutterstock)

Mercados

LayerZero's ZRO Jumps 10% as VC Firm Andreessen Horowitz Buys $55M Worth

The venture capital firm's ZRO acquisition follows previous investments in the protocol.

LayerZero co-founders CTO Ryan Zarick and CEO Bryan Pellegrino (Chung Chow, BIV)

Tecnología

Ethena, Securitize Target Q2 Mainnet Launch for RWA-Focused Blockchain, Tap Arbitrum, Celestia

The Converge chain is set to have fast blocktimes, let users pay gas fees in Ethena's tokens and support both permissionless and permissioned apps, the teams said.

Securitize CEO Carlos Domingo (left) and Ethena founder Guy Young (Securitize)

Mercados

Bitcoin Rally Short-Circuited as Fed Chair Powell Raises Stagflation Fear

"We may find ourselves in the challenging scenario in which our dual-mandate goals are in tension," said Powell of the effect of the Trump tariffs.

Photo of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell

Finanzas

Neutrl Raises $5M to Tokenize a Popular Hedge Fund Altcoin Trade

The protocol's NUSD token generates yield by arbitraging locked altcoins, a $10 billion private market, Neutrl co-founder Behrin Naidoo said in an interview.

U.S. dollar (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Finanzas

Resolv Labs Raises $10M as Crypto Investor Appetite for Yield-Bearing Stablecoins Soars

Stablecoins are "perfect rails for yield distribution," the protocol's CEO and founder Ivan Kozlov said in an interview.

Resolv Labs co-founder and CEO Ivan Kozlov (Resolv Labs)

Finanzas

Securitize Acquires MG Stover's Unit to Become Largest Digital Asset Fund Administrator

The deal expands Securitize Fund Services' offerings and brings its assets under administration to over $38 billion across 715 funds, the company said.

Securitize CEO Carlos Domingo (Securitize)

Mercados

Janover Takes Page From Saylor Playbook, Doubling SOL Stack to $20M as Stock Soars 1700%

Former Kraken executives led by Joseph Onorati took over the real estate-focused fintech company aiming to become the first U.S.-listed firm with treasury strategy centered on Solana.

Janover's stock is taking off following its crypto pivot (Getty Images/Daniel Garrido)

Mercados

Applied Digital Tumbles 30% on Revenue Miss; Plans Selling Cloud Computing Unit

The Texas company, which pivoted from crypto mining to high-performance computing, said it will sell its cloud computing business to struggling cloud computing business.

Crypto mining machines (lmstockwork/Shutterstock)