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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Markets

Investment Bank Mizuho Says Visa Is Becoming the ‘Stablecoin of Stablecoins’

Visa’s growing stablecoin network positions it as the key infrastructure player in blockchain payments, while individual tokens risk becoming commoditized assets.

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

Markets

Cardano Falls Below Key Support as Institutional Investors Pull Back

The network’s native token, ADA, dropped 3% over the past 24 hours as selling pressure mounted and altcoin rotation gained pace.

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Tech

The Protocol: ETH’s Fusaka Upgrade Goes Live on Hoodi, Mainnet Next

Also: BOB Unveils BTC Vault Liquidation Engine, Ledger’s Major Overhaul and Google Weighs In on Quantum Computing.

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Markets

Crypto Treasury Activity Still Tepid, but Capital Flows Rebound: B. Riley

The broker sees digital asset treasuries stabilizing as U.S.-China trade progress lifts sentiment.

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Finance

Swiss Crypto Infrastructure Firm Taurus Expands to U.S. With New York Office

With clearer regulation and growing institutional demand, Taurus is expanding its footprint to serve U.S. financial giants from New York.

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Policy

Australian Regulator Signals Broader Digital Asset Oversight Ahead of New Licensing Regime

ASIC said many digital assets are covered by existing financial laws as it readies the ground for impending digital asset platform legislation.

Sydney Opera House in Australia (Stanbalik/Pixabay)

Policy

Ironlight Wins FINRA Approval for First U.S. Regulated ATS With Onchain Atomic Settlement

The firm gained approval to introduce a regulated trading system for tokenized securities.

A person looking at multiple trading screens. (sergeitokmakov/Pixabay)

Markets

Crypto Markets Today: Bitcoin Consolidates at $113K Ahead of Potential U.S.-China Trade Deal

The crypto market paused midweek as traders looked to the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate call and progress on a potential U.S.-China trade agreement.

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Finance

Memecoin Tied to CZ Statue Crashes 99% After Binance Founder Disowns It

A Washington, D.C. statue of Changpeng “CZ” Zhao became the center of a memecoin frenzy after the “czstatue” token surged 27,000% in a day before collapsing to near zero.

Chanpeng "CZ" Zhao (Nikhilesh De/Modified by CoinDesk)

Crypto Daybook Americas

Stablecoin Inflows Rise Before Fed Rate Decision: Crypto Daybook Americas

Your day-ahead look for Oct. 29, 2025

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