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

Swiss Crypto Infrastructure Firm Taurus Expands to U.S. With New York Office

With clearer regulation and growing institutional demand, Taurus is expanding its footprint to serve U.S. financial giants from New York.

New York Skyline

Policy

Australian Regulator Signals Broader Digital Asset Oversight Ahead of New Licensing Regime

ASIC said many digital assets are covered by existing financial laws as it readies the ground for impending digital asset platform legislation.

Sydney Opera House in Australia (Stanbalik/Pixabay)

Policy

Ironlight Wins FINRA Approval for First U.S. Regulated ATS With Onchain Atomic Settlement

The firm gained approval to introduce a regulated trading system for tokenized securities.

A person looking at multiple trading screens. (sergeitokmakov/Pixabay)

Markets

Crypto Markets Today: Bitcoin Consolidates at $113K Ahead of Potential U.S.-China Trade Deal

The crypto market paused midweek as traders looked to the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate call and progress on a potential U.S.-China trade agreement.

Donald Trump (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Finance

Memecoin Tied to CZ Statue Crashes 99% After Binance Founder Disowns It

A Washington, D.C. statue of Changpeng “CZ” Zhao became the center of a memecoin frenzy after the “czstatue” token surged 27,000% in a day before collapsing to near zero.

Chanpeng "CZ" Zhao (Nikhilesh De/Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin, Ether Brace for $17B Options Expiry Amid Fed Meeting, Tech Company Earnings

Traders eye potential volatility as bitcoin hovers near max pain around $114,000 and ether nears $4,000.

Open Interest (Deribit)

Finance

Deutsche Digital Assets and Safello to List Staked Bittensor ETP on SIX Swiss Exchange

The exchange-traded product offers investors regulated access to Bittensor’s TAO token with staking rewards and full physical backing.

Artificial Intelligence (Markus Winkler/Unsplash)

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Markets

DBS, Goldman Sachs Execute First Over-the-Counter Interbank Crypto Options Trade

DBS said the deal involved trading cash-settled OTC bitcoin and ether options.

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Markets

World Liberty Financial to Airdrop 8.4M WLFI Tokens to Early USD1 Users

The Trump-backed stablecoin project is rewarding early adopters through its USD1 points program, distributing tokens across six exchanges as it expands into DeFi and real-world asset integrations.

World Liberty Financial leadership team (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)