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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Pooled Order Books in the Crosshairs as EU Regulators Look to Tighten MiCA Oversight

The European Securities and Markets Authority is preparing to take greater, more centralized control of crypto regulation across the 27-country trading block, according to reports.

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Demand Revival: Crypto Daybook Americas

Your day-ahead look for Nov. 12, 2025

Bull and bear market (Midjourney/modified by CoinDesk)

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Circle Q3 Profit Triples, Beating Estimates, on USDC Growth

The shares slid in anticipation of lower U.S. interest rates, which would reduce revenue from reserve assets held to back the second-largest stablecoin.

(Sandali Handagama/ CoinDesk)

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Crypto Markets Today: Privacy Tokens Shine, Majors Stall as Market Consolidates

Bitcoin, ether and solana edged lower as privacy-focused tokens extended gains, with traders eyeing potential volatility from U.S. government developments.

BTC above $100K is like a coiled spring. (analogicus/Pixabay)

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Kraken Co-CEO Says UK Crypto Promotion Rules May Harm Retail Investors: FT

Arjun Sethi said questionnaires and warnings about potential financial loss slow down transaction times while asset prices are moving.

Kraken on phone (PiggyBank/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

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Visa Tests Stablecoin Payouts to Speed Payments for Creators, Gig Workers

New Visa Direct pilot lets businesses send dollar-backed stablecoins like USDC to users’ digital wallets for near-instant access to earnings.

A Visa card being held to next to a payment terminal. (CardMapr.nl/Unsplash)

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Bernstein Says U.S. Crypto Framework Positions Nation as Global Leader

With new laws defining market structure and stablecoin oversight, the broker said America’s digital asset industry has entered its most mature phase yet.


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Bitcoin Slips Toward $103K; Miners Tumble on AI Trade Cooling, SoftBank's Nvidia Exit

Crypto traders are taking profits on the bounce in prices, a Wintermute strategist said in a note.

Bitcoin (BTC) price on November 11 (CoinDesk)

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Toncoin Drops to Key $2.07 Support Level as Selling Pressure Builds

The token briefly rose to $2.16 before reversing, with high trading volume indicating strong resistance at that level.

"TON Falls 2% to $2.07 Amid Technical Breakdown and Selling Pressure"

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ClearToken Wins UK Regulator Approval for Digital Asset Settlement Service

ClearToken won authorization from the U.K.’s FCA to roll out CT Settle, a delivery-versus-payment settlement system for crypto, stablecoins and fiat currency.

UK FCA building (FCA)