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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Marchés

Crypto Markets Today: Bitcoin Tests $110K as Traders ‘Sell the News’ on Fed Cut, U.S.-China Deal

Bitcoin slid to its $110,000 support as the broader crypto market shed $80 billion following the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate cut and a new U.S.-China trade agreement.

Traders "sell the news" following Fed cut (TheDigitalArtist/Pixabay)

Marchés

Circle’s USDC Overtakes Tether's USDT in Onchain Activity as Regulation Drives Shift: JPMorgan

USDC leapfrogged USDT in onchain activity as regulatory clarity pushes investors toward transparent and compliant stablecoins.

Stablecoin networks (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Marchés

Analysis: Prediction Market Bettors Miscalculated Dutch Election Results

Both Polymarket and Kalshi traders ignored late polls showing D66 gaining ground, keeping Geert Wilders’ PVV priced as a sure thing until exit polls forced a repricing that erased millions in misplaced bets.

Netherlands flag. (Flickr)

Publicité

Marchés

Investment Bank Mizuho Says Visa Is Becoming the ‘Stablecoin of Stablecoins’

Visa’s growing stablecoin network positions it as the key infrastructure player in blockchain payments, while individual tokens risk becoming commoditized assets.

A Visa card being held to next to a payment terminal. (CardMapr.nl/Unsplash)

Marchés

Cardano Falls Below Key Support as Institutional Investors Pull Back

The network’s native token, ADA, dropped 3% over the past 24 hours as selling pressure mounted and altcoin rotation gained pace.

(CoinDesk Analytics)

Technologies

The Protocol: ETH’s Fusaka Upgrade Goes Live on Hoodi, Mainnet Next

Also: BOB Unveils BTC Vault Liquidation Engine, Ledger’s Major Overhaul and Google Weighs In on Quantum Computing.

fork, knife

Marchés

Crypto Treasury Activity Still Tepid, but Capital Flows Rebound: B. Riley

The broker sees digital asset treasuries stabilizing as U.S.-China trade progress lifts sentiment.

Solana (SOL) Logo

Publicité

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

Juridique

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)