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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Markets

Crypto Markets Today: Bitcoin Rises, but Risk Appetite Remains Weak

Crypto prices are little changed, with bitcoin steady after dropping back from last week’s post-Fed high while altcoins continue to underperform amid risk-off sentiment.

Spinning top toy (Ash from Modern Afflatus/Unsplash)

Policy

UK Plans to Start Regulating Cryptocurrency in 2027

The U.K. government plans to extend existing financial regulation to cover crypto companies, emulating the approach of the U.S. rather than that of the EU.

UK Parliament Building and Big Ben, London, England (Ugur Akdemir/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Coinbase Update, U.S. Jobs, Bank of Japan: Crypto Week Ahead

Your look at what's coming in the week starting Dec. 15.

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Markets

Bitcoin Drops Below $90K Amid Fading Risk Appetite Ahead of Key Macro Events

Bitcoin dipped below $90,000 on Sunday as low liquidity, altcoin weakness and imminent U.S. and global data releases kept traders cautious.

Bitcoin Logo (Midjourney/modified by CoinDesk)

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Crypto’s Machine Learning ‘iPhone Moment’ Comes Closer as AI Agents Trade the Market

Recall Labs, a firm that has run 20 or so AI trading arenas, pitted foundational large language models (LLMs) against customized trading agents.

Robot girl (Gabriele Malaspina, Unsplash)

Policy

Polish Government Urges President to Sign Crypto Bill He Already Rejected: Report

The Polish government reintroduced crypto legislation without changing a single period, after telling the president he needs to sign it to avoid Russian-linked security threats.

Warsaw, Poland (Przemysław Włodkowski/Pixabay, modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

U.S. SEC Gives Implicit Nod for Tokenized Stocks

Clearing and settlement company the Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. said a subsidiary had received a no-action letter to offer tokenized real-world assets.

Securities and Exchange Commission logo (CoinDesk)


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Markets

XRP Ledger Upgrade Lays Groundwork for Lending, Tokenization Expansion

One of the amendments in the new release corrects an accounting error affecting Multi-Purpose Tokens (MPTs) held in escrow.

XRP symbol on top of dollar bills. (Unsplash/CoinDesk)

Markets

Crypto Markets Today: Bitcoin Stuck in Post-Fed Range as Altcoins Slump Deepens

Bitcoin remains trapped in a range despite the U.S. rate cut, while altcoins and memecoins struggle to attract risk appetite amid shifting investor behavior.

Bitcoin remains flat. (Sebastian Huxley/Unsplash)