Sheldon Reback

Sheldon Reback is CoinDesk editorial's Regional Head of Europe. Before joining the company, he spent 26 years as an editor at Bloomberg News, where he worked on beats as diverse as stock markets and the retail industry as well as covering the dot-com bubble and collapse. He managed the Bloomberg Terminal's main news page and worked on a global project to produce short, chart-based stories across the newsroom. Before that, he worked for a number of technology magazines in Hong Kong. Sheldon has a degree in industrial chemistry and an MBA. He owns ether and bitcoin below CoinDesk's notifiable limit.

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Policy

Banks' Capital Rules When Holding Crypto Need to Be Reworked, Says Basel Chair: FT

Erik Thedéen said a different approach is needed as the U.S. and U.K. refused to implement the rules already set out.

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Finance

Apex Group Said to Buy Broker Dealer Globacap for U.S. Tokenization Push

London-based Globacap’s U.S. broker-dealer and alternative trading system (ATS) is regulated by FINRA and the SEC.

Playing cards and poker chips. (Michał Parzuchowski/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Crypto Daybook Americas

Hanging in There: Crypto Daybook Americas

Your day-ahead look for Nov. 19, 2025

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Markets

Crypto Markets Today: Altcoins Show Signs of Life as Bitcoin Holds Key Support Above $88K

With bitcoin stabilizing near critical support, traders shifted into altcoins, sparking sharp rebounds across a market still gripped by extreme fear.

Computer monitors and a laptop screen show trading charts on a desk overlooking an expanse of water at sunset. (sergeitokmakov/Pixabay, modified by CoinDesk)

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Markets

BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF, IBIT, Posts Record One-Day Outflow of $523.2 Million

The average spot bitcoin ETF buyer sits near a $90,000 cost basis, leaving most investors roughly flat.

Blackrock

Policy

U.S. Regulator OCC Clarifies How Banks Can Handle Network 'Gas Fees'

The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency explained to the national banks it oversees how they can hold crypto for paying gas fees.

U.S. Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan Gould

Finance

Société Générale’s SG-FORGE Issues First Tokenized Bond in U.S.

The bond uses Broadridge Financial Solutions' tokenization technology and runs on the Canton Network, a privacy-enabled blockchain infrastructure.

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Markets

Bitcoin Sell-Off Likely 'Complete', Rally Into Year-End Still in Play: StanChart Analyst

Standard Chartered’s Geoffrey Kendrick says bitcoin’s steep decline is part of a recurring pattern, with a rebound into year-end in his base case.

Bitcoin (modified by CoinDesk)

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Finance

Cloudflare Global Outage Spreads to Crypto; Multiple Front Ends Down

A widespread Cloudflare outage disrupted major parts of the internet on Tuesday, knocking many crypto platforms offline.

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Crypto Daybook Americas

Bonds Hint at Rebound: Crypto Daybook Americas

Your day-ahead look for Nov. 18, 2025

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