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

Curve Finance Pitches Yield Basis, a $60M Plan to Turn CRV Into an Income Asset

A Curve DAO proposal seeks to introduce Yield Basis, a protocol with a $60 million stablecoin mint that offers direct rewards to veCRV token holders.

Fee flow in Curve pools used in Yield Basis (CRV Governance Forum)

Markets

BNB Price Jumps on Report Binance Is Nearing a DOJ Deal to End Compliance Monitoring

BNB outperformed the wider crypto market, which has been cautious ahead of the Federal Reserve's interest-rate decision.

BNBUSD chart (CoinDesk Data)

Finance

Mavryk Network Raises $10M for UAE Real-Estate Tokenization Plans

The strategic investment was led by MultiBank, Mavryk's partner in a project to tokenize over $10 billion worth of real estate in the UAE.

16:9 Dubai UAE (Pexels, Pixabay)

Markets

Crypto Markets Today: Altcoins Make Their Mark Before Fed Rate Decision

Bitcoin hit its highest point since Aug. 22 before retreating, while altcoins posted stronger gains.

Federal Reserve Building in Washington D.C.

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Finance

Metaplanet Sets Up U.S., Japan Subsidiaries, Buys Bitcoin.jp Domain Name

The company also plans to raise 204.1 billion yen ($1.4 billion) in an international share sale to increase its bitcoin holdings.

Miami

Finance

BitGo Wins German Approval to Start Regulated Crypto Trading in Europe

German regulator BaFin clears expansion as BitGo adds trading to its custody and staking services.

CEO of BitGo Mike Belshe in a chair on-stage at Consensus 2023 (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Finance

Galaxy Digital Said to Plan Its Own Tokenized Money Market Fund

Galaxy’s tokenized fund will ultimately be available on the Ethereum, Solana and Stellar blockchains, said a person familiar with the plans.

Mike Novogratz, Founder and CEO, Galaxy Digital. (CoinDesk)

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Markets

BNB Inches Higher as Traders Test $930 Resistance, Exchange Tokens Stay Firm

Corporate treasuries now hold around 828,900 BNB, worth roughly $770 million, with several companies, including CEA Industries, pledging to accumulate the cryptocurrency.

BNBUSD (CoinDesk Data)

Finance

UBS, PostFinance and Sygnum Conduct Cross-Bank Payments on Ethereum

The proof of concept, run under the Swiss Bankers Association, saw UBS, PostFinance, and Sygnum Bank carry out transactions using deposit tokens.

Swiss flags