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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Regulación

Brazil passes law turning seized crypto into public-security war chest

The law lets authorities use crypto seized during investigations and expands their power to freeze, block or seize funds in a bid to crack down on criminal organizations.

Brazil's flag (Rafaela Biazi/Unsplash)

Finanzas

Coinbase, Fannie Mae bring crypto-backed mortgages to homebuyers

The crypto exchange is working with financial technology mortgage firm Better, a Fannie Mae-approved mortgage seller.

Coinbase logo shown on a laptop screen (Shutterstock)

Mercados

Crypto slides as oil spike, macro jitters trigger derivatives unwind

Bitcoin dropped below $70,000 and ether fell toward $2,000 as rising oil prices, falling equities and weak liquidity sparked risk-off flows and pressured altcoins.

Bear. (Photo by Sean Benesh on Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Publicidad

Finanzas

SBI, Sony back Startale’s $63 million push to expand Japan’s tokenized finance stack

The Singapore-based company builds blockchain tools for financial firms and retail users, including a blockchain for tokenized securities, stablecoins, and a consumer app.

Japan flag in front of a building (Roméo A./Unsplash)

Finanzas

Sky-backed Obex spreads $1 billion across credit, energy and AI assets to expand stablecoin yield

The stablecoin incubator is targeting tokenized assets tied to AI hardware, energy and housing to move Sky’s ecosystem beyond "circular" crypto yields.

Parker Edwards, partner at Framework Ventures (Framework Ventures)

Finanzas

Binance tightens market maker rules, tells token issuers they must disclose partners

The guidelines ban profit-sharing and guaranteed return arrangements, aiming to prevent conflicts of interest and manipulative trading.

Binance logo on a smartphone (Vadim Artyukhin/Unsplash)

Finanzas

Monument Bank to tokenize 250 million pounds of retail deposits in UK first

The deposits will remain interest-bearing, fully backed, and protected by the country's Financial Services Compensation Scheme.

Bank ATM (Eduardo Soares/Unsplash)

Publicidad

Mercados

STS Digital unveils structured crypto platform with Kraken as distribution partner

The platform, which covers 400 tokens, is aimed at banks, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals and comes as digital assets face growing institutional demand.

Trading desk. (TyliJura/Pixabay)