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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Markets

U.S. inflation report, BNB Smart Chain’s hard fork: Crypto Week Ahead

Your look at what's coming in the week starting Jan. 12.

Stylized BNB token logo (Midjourney/Modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

Dubai bans privacy token use on exchanges, tightens stablecoin rules in crypto reset

Dubai's financial regulator said privacy-focused assets are incompatible with global compliance norms as it moves to a firm-led token suitability model and sharper stablecoin classifications.

Dubai UAE (Pexels, Pixabay)

Markets

Bitcoin treasury firms linked to Adam Back sign preliminary agreement to combine

The proposed deal would take Sweden-based H100 into Switzerland and deepen its institutional bitcoin treasury strategy.

Adam Back, CEO Blockstream (CoinDesk/Personae Digital)

Finance

Tether said to have invested up to $50 million in crypto lender Ledn at $500 million valuation

The stablecoin issuer’s previously undisclosed investment valued the lender at about $500 million, according to a person familiar with the transaction.

Stylized Tether logo

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Policy

Registered crypto companies must reapply for approval, UK regulator says

The FCA said firms wishing to undertake crypto-related activity will be need to be authorized when a new regime starts in October 2027.

UK FCA (FCA, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Toncoin drops, falls through key support levels in technical breakdown

The decline was accompanied by a spike in volume, suggesting large-holder or institutional activity, and analysts see a risk of continued pressure.

TON Price Rises 1.06% to $1.77 Amid Tepid Trading Volume and Lagging Crypto Rally

Policy

Ripple wins UK regulatory approval from Financial Conduct Authority

Ripple has gained FCA registration through its U.K. subsidiary, marking a key regulatory milestone as Britain moves to bring crypto into its financial framework.

A view over the City of London taken over the Thames near Tower Bridge. (Cj / Unsplash+)

Markets

Bitcoin holds near $90,000 as trading volumes shrink, altcoins diverge: Crypto Markets Today

Bitcoin remained near $90,000 as trading volumes fell. Thin liquidity fueled choppy price action across major cryptocurrencies, while altcoins were mixed.

Tug of war. (Shutterstock)

Markets

A ruble stablecoin outpaced market leaders last year despite international sanctions

A7A5, a ruble-linked stablecoin few outside Russia had heard of a year ago grew the most of any stablecoin, outpacing both USDT and USDC over the past 12 months.

The Russian flag waves against an almost cloudless sky. (CoinDesk archives)