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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Finance

Private Equity Firm Bridgepoint to Buy Majority of Crypto Audit Specialist ht.digital

Bridgepoint did not disclose the financial terms of the deal. Sky News cited a figure of 200 million pounds ($262 million).

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Policy

KuCoin Registers With Austrac to Operate in Australia, Adds Fiat On-Ramps

The registration comes as Australian regulators tighten scrutiny on offshore crypto platforms, with ASIC stating that many digital assets may require licensing to operate.

Parliament house, Canberra, Australia. (Unsplash)

Finance

Monad’s MON Token Stumbles Out of the Gate in Trading Debut After Slow Token Sale

Soft demand, low volume and concerns over token distribution weighed on early market sentiment.

Monad stumbles out the gate (Dallas Reedy/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin’s $1T Rout Exposes Fragile Market Structure, Deutsche Bank Says

The bitcoin price drop to $80,000 last week reflected a mix of macro pressure, fading regulatory momentum and thinning liquidity that has tested bitcoin’s maturity.

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Tech

Monad Blockchain Goes Live With 100B Token Supply and Airdrop

The total supply of MON is 100 billion tokens, with 10.8% currently unlocked and in circulation.

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Finance

Microcap Biotech Firm Raises $212M for Prediction Market Token Treasury Strategy

Enlivex Therapeutics is raising $212 million to invest in RAIN, the token of a blockchain-based prediction market, which will become its main treasury reserve asset.

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Markets

Crypto Markets Today: Fear Dominates as Altcoins Lag, Bitcoin Tests Key Levels

Bitcoin’s struggle to reclaim the $90,000 range leaves the broader crypto market vulnerable, with altcoins suffering sharp liquidity-driven underperformance.

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Policy

ECB Doubles Down on Warning That Stablecoins Could Pose Global Financial Risks

The EU’s central bank says stablecoins draw value from eurozone banks and could pose a risk to global financial stability.

The European Central Bank Building. Photo from ECB Press.

Policy

Animoca Brands Wins Initial Abu Dhabi Approval to Operate Regulated Fund

Animoca Brands received in-principle approval from Abu Dhabi’s FSRA to operate as a regulated fund manager within ADGM.

Animoca Brands' co-founder and executive chairman Yat Siu speaks at Consensus Hong Kong (CoinDesk)