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

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)

Markets

From Lockstep to Lag, Bitcoin Poised to Catch Up With Small Cap Highs

The Federal Reserve begins Treasury bill purchases later Friday, starting with $8.2 billion as part of its reserve management program.

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Finance

Standard Chartered, Coinbase Expand Crypto Prime Services for Institutions

The companies will explore the development of trading, prime services, custody, staking and lending solutions for institutional clients.

The Standard Chartered logo on the outside of an office building.

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Finance

Nexo Agrees to Buy Argentina’s Buenbit to Expand Crypto Services Across Latin America

The deal gives Nexo access to Buenbit's user base and enables it to offer crypto-backed loans, high-yield savings accounts and trading tools.

Flag of Argentina (Angelica Reyes/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

A16z Crypto to Open Seoul Office, Hire Sungmo Park to Lead Asia Efforts

Andreessen Horowitz's crypto venture capital unit pointed to high levels of crypto ownership in South Korea and Singapore, and growing onchain activity in Japan.

South Korea's flag (Daniel Bernard/Unsplash)

Tech

The Protocol: Stripe’s Tempo Testnet Goes Live

Also: ZKSync Lite to Sunset, Blockstream App Update, Axelar’s AgentFlux

Contactless payment via a mobile phone (Jonas Lupe/Unsplash)

Markets

ICP Extends Decline as Range Support Breaks, Testing New Lows Near $3.48

Internet Computer slipped back into a declining pattern after early strength faded, with the slide pushing the token toward key December support levels.

ICP-USD, Dec. 10 (CoinDesk)

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Finance

Tether Rolls Out Privacy-Focused Health App as Expansion Into AI Accelerates

The company behind the largest stablecoin, the $186 billion USDT, is increasingly venturing beyond crypto into sectors such as artificial intelligence and robotics.

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Markets

Bitcoin Volatility Is Still Compressing, Dimming Year-End Rally Outlook

Bitcoin's volatility indices are declining, just like the S&P 500's.

BTC's 30-day implied volatility index. (TradingView)