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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Markets

Bitcoin spikes to $92,500 as U.S. December consumer prices rise 0.3%

The U.S. Consumer Price Index came in roughly in line with expectations as market participants largely expects the Fed to leave interest rates unchanged at the January meeting.

Inflation

Markets

Bitcoin stalls below $92,000 as privacy coins rally; crypto miners surge on Meta AI news

Traders rotated to Monero (XMR), Zcash (ZEC) and Railgun (RAIL) as bitcoin, ether remain stuck under key resistance levels.

Bitcoin (BTC) price on Jan. 12 (CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto infrastructure firm Bakkt jumps 17% on deeper stablecoin payments push with new deal

The firm said it has agreed to acquire Distributed Technologies Research, a blockchain-based payment infrastructure provider.

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Finance

BitMine adds 24,000 ether, but warns accumulation may slow without shareholder approval

The largest Ethereum-focused crypto treasury firm lifted holdings to 4.17 million ETH but signaled limits ahead without authorization to issue fresh equity.

Screenshot of Tom Lee on CoinDesk TV (CoinDesk)

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How crypto's promised year-end fireworks turned into a bloodbath

Digital asset treasuries, altcoin ETFs and bitcoin’s famed year‑end seasonality were meant to supercharge prices. What came instead was the worst drawdown since 2022's crypto winter.

A bear roars

Markets

Bitcoin will be 'top performer' in 2026 after getting crushed this year, says VanEck

VanEck's David Schassler expects gold and bitcoin to rebound sharply as investor demand for hard assets is expected to rise.

Gold Bars

Markets

Bitcoin slips, crypto stocks suffer steep declines, as tax-loss selling drives action, analysts say

Digital asset treasury companies — the year's worst performers — were also hardest hit on Tuesday.

Stylized bull-bear faceoff

Markets

Crypto prices again muted as gold surges to new record, U.S. stocks advance

Bitcoin for the moment was unable to hold the $90,000 level reached prior to the U.S. market open.

Gold outperforms bitcoin

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Finance

ETHZilla sells $74.5 million of ether in effort to trim debt load

This is the company's second sale of part of its ETH treasury, following a $40 million sale in October to fund share repurchases.

Ethereum Logo (Midjourney / Modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

BitMine buys $300 million in ether, crossing 4 million ETH treasury milestone

Thomas Lee's ETH treasury firm acquired nearly 99,000 tokens last week as crypto markets slid.

Tom Lee