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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Policy

U.S. Stablecoin Law Jolts EU Into Rethinking Digital Euro Strategy: FT

The GENIUS Act's passage caught many in Europe off guard and sparked concerns dollar-backed stablecoins could tighten America’s grip on cross-border payments.

European Central Bank HQ

Finance

South Korea’s Top Banks Said to Meet Tether, Circle on Stablecoin Partnerships: Report

In separate meetings, executives from Shinhan, Hana, KB Financial and Woori Bank will explore the role of dollar-pegged and won-pegged stablecoins in the country.

A view of Seoul, the capital of South Korea

Markets

Corporate Bitcoin Treasuries Could Raise Credit Risks, Morningstar DBRS Says

Regulatory uncertainty, volatility, and liquidity challenges, could all elevate the credit risk profile of firms adopting a crypto treasury strategy, the report said.

Roulette wheel

Markets

Majority of Dual-Asset Investors See Crypto Outpacing Stocks Over Next Decade: Kraken Survey

A full 65% of those surveyed expect digital assets to deliver stronger growth than equities over the next 10 years.

Kraken on phone (PiggyBank/ Unsplash)

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Markets

Ether Outpaces Bitcoin as ETF Inflows, Corporate Buying Accelerate: JPMorgan

The bank said ether holdings in both exchange-traded funds and corporate treasuries could rise further.

Ether spot ETFs to see same sources of demand as bitcoin versions but on lower scale: Bernstein. (Rob Mitchell/CoinDesk)

Markets

Harvard Professor Who Predicted Bitcoin Crash to $100 Says Regulators Were Too Lax

Kenneth Rogoff reflects that he underestimated BTC's role in the underground economy, which has put a floor under the cryptocurrency's price.

Screenshot of Professor Rogoff (CNBC)

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Markets

Markets Today: Bitcoin, Ether Recover From Lows Before FOMC Minutes

U.S. stock index futures slipped and Japanese bond yields rose as risk aversion crept into markets.

Close up of the red circle at the center of the Japanese flag. (DavidRockDesign/Pixabay)

Finance

How Two Bitcoiners 'Tripped' Into Opaque BTC Treasuries Market and Built Massive Information Hub

Tim Kotzman and Ed Juline are using social media, AI and new event formats to close the information gap in bitcoin treasury strategy.

New York City skyline (Michael Discenza/Unsplash)