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 of 2000-2002. He managed the Bloomberg Terminal's main news page and also worked on a global project to produce short, chart-based stories across the newsroom. He previously worked as a journalist 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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Instant Payments Fintech Ivy Adds Circle’s USDC, EURC Stablecoins

Real-time payment rails and stablecoins belong together, said Ivy CEO Ferdinand Dabitz.

Red ivy climbing on a wall.

Merkado

U.S. M2 Money Supply Hits Record High of Nearly $22T

Rising M2 tends to have a lagged effect on inflation, according to St. Louis Federal Reserve.

U.S. M2 money supply. (TradingView)

Pananalapi

Crypto Lender Nexo Sponsors Europe's Premier Golf Tour for Eight-Figure Sum

Nexo will become the tour's official digital asset and wealth partner through 2027.

A person hits a golf ball into the distance. (Markus Spiske/Pixabay)

Merkado

Public Companies Buy More Bitcoin Than ETFs for Third Consecutive Quarter

Corporate treasuries are turning to bitcoin for strategic growth that outpaces traditional investment vehicles.

Cars racing on a track. (mibro/Pixabay)

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Pananalapi

Deutsche Bank’s DWS, Galaxy, Flow Traders Venture to Introduce German-Regulated Stablecoin

The AllUnity joint venture was granted a BaFin license this week to launch its MiCA-compliant euro stablecoin.

A German flag surrounded by euro banknotes (Bartolomiej Pietrzyk/Shutterstock)

Pananalapi

Mastercard to Expand Crypto Team With Two Senior Hires to Drive Blockchain Initiatives

The payments giant is hiring two U.S.-based leaders to grow its crypto and blockchain business.

Raj Dhamodharan, Head of Crypto and Blockchain, Mastercard (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin Layer-2 Botanix Mainnet Debuts, Cuts Block Times to 5 Seconds

Botanix Labs has emphasized its decentralized governance. The launch coincides with its transition to being operated by a federation of 16 node operators

16:9 Willem Schroé, CEO and Co-Founder of Botanix Labs (Botanix Labs)

Pananalapi

South Korean Exchange Upbit to Work on Won Stablecoin With Naver Pay: Report

A KRW stablecoin could effectively iron out the spread between exchanges and end the "kimchi premium."

South Korea's flag (Daniel Bernard/Unsplash)

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Merkado

Bitcoin Network Hashrate Declined in June as Miners Reacted to Recent Heatwave: JPMorgan

The fall in the monthly average network hashrate was a result of miners curtailing operations in response to the recent heatwave, the report said.

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