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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Marchés

Aumentan los retiros de Binance a raíz del temor generado por su informe de reservas

Binance tuvo que lidiar con salidas netas por US$902 millones en las últimas 24 horas, según datos de Nansen.

Logo 3D de Binance impreso en dorado. (Rob Mitchell/CoinDesk)

Marchés

Binance Withdrawals Surge as Concerns About Its Reserve Report Spook Traders

Binance endured $902 million of net outflows in the past 24 hours, according to data by Nansen.

Logo 3D de Binance impreso en dorado. (Rob Mitchell/CoinDesk)

Marchés

Maple Finance's $54M of Sour Debt Shows Risks of Crypto Lending Without Collateral

Maple Finance, the largest unsecured crypto lending platform, is grappling with a debt crisis while gearing up for a major system upgrade. The project's MPL token has plunged, and depositors are likely to stomach big losses. Here's how it happened, and what comes next.

There's some $54 million of sour debt on Maple Finance's lending platform because some of its largest borrowers were devastated in the FTX-blowup. (Michael Diane/Unsplash)

Marchés

Crypto Audit Platform Sherlock Expects $4M Loss From Troubled Loans on Maple Finance

Sherlock deposited $5 million USDC of its staking pool into the beleaguered credit pool on Maple, which suffered a $31 million hit from Orthogonal Trading’s FTX-induced insolvency.

Mysterious transactions and reconciliation head-scratchers happen in traditional finance, too, but crypto could be uniquely prone to a situation of this sort. (Wikimedia Commons)

Marchés

Crypto Firm Orthogonal, Victim of FTX Contagion, Now Faces Internal Dissent

Shortly after Orthogonal got served with default notices on $36 million of crypto loans from Maple Finance, the firm’s credit team published a statement saying it was “speechless” and unaware of the extent of the trading team’s exposures.

Rancor and dissent have broken out between units of Orthogonal Trading after $36 million of loan defaults on the crypto lending platform Maple Finance. (Charles Altamont Doyle/Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

Marchés

DeFi Risk-Sharing Protocol Nexus Expects Loss on Maple Credit Pool Investment as FTX Contagion Widens

Nexus Mutual, which offers an insurance alternative for decentralized finance traders, deposited some $19 million in ETH to Maple’s wrapped ether credit pool, which was rocked by Orthogonal Trading’s recent default.

Posiciones cortas de ether registraron liquidaciones de $200 millones. (deepblue4you/Getty images)

Marchés

FTX Contagion Spreads as Orthogonal Trading Gets Default Notice for $36M Debt on Maple Finance

Creditor M11 Credit issued a default notice to Orthogonal Trading for $36 million of loans, while Maple Finance severed all ties with Orthogonal for misrepresenting its financial position.

Crypto hedge fund Orthogonal Trading appears to be the next firm becoming insolvent after crypto exchange FTX's implosion. (Tom Wilson/Unsplash)

Marchés

MakerDAO Community Votes to Hike DAI Rewards to 1%

Some 71% of voters favored hiking the DAI Savings Rate to 1%, the highest option offered in the voting.

Could BTC price rise 44% from firms buying in the open market? (Getty Images)

Marchés

Crypto Trader Auros Global Misses Payment on DeFi Loan as FTX Contagion Spreads

The company missed payment on a 2,400 wrapped ether loan worth $3 million from a M11 Credit pool on Maple Finance.

(Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Marchés

MakerDAO, gigante DeFi, vota por el aumento de las recompensas de la stablecoin DAI

El aumento de la tasa de ahorro de DAI incrementaría la competitividad de la stablecoin de Maker y ayudaría a mitigar la salida de capital de los mercados de criptomonedas a los mercados financieros tradicionales, dijeron colaboradores de MakerDAO.

(Unsplash)