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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Markets

First Mover Americas: SEC Delays Decision on Hashdex’s ETF Application

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Nov. 16, 2023.

Photo of the SEC logo on a building wall

Finance

Head of Dubai Crypto Regulator to Quit to 'Pursue Other Interests'

VARA also plans to fine at least 12 crypto companies for failing to comply with guidelines by a Nov. 17 deadline, Bloomberg reported.

Skyscrapers in Dubai (Kent Tupas/Unsplash)

Markets

Cardano, Dogecoin Lead Price Gains Among Major Cryptocurrencies as Bitcoin Nears $38K

The CoinDesk Market Index has added almost 4% in the past 24 hours.

BBitcoin faces headwinds (Pixabay)

Tech

Bitcoin Ordinals Token Ecosystem Emerges as Latest Crypto Play, Led by ORDI Hype

Overall capitalization of such tokens has risen over 21% in the past 24 hours, outperforming most other token sectors.

(Rachel Sun/ CoinDesk)

Finance

Philippines to Sell Tokenized Treasury Bond Next Week

The Bureau of the Treasury has set a minimum target of 10 billion pesos.

Manilla Bay, Philippines.

Finance

Tokenization Firm Superstate Gets $14M Investment to Bring Traditional Funds On-Chain

The company has earmarked the funds for team expansion, creating private funds for institutional investors and crafting a framework for tokenized public funds that U.S. clients can access.

Robert Leshner, CEO of Superstate (Superstate)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Singapore Central Bank Tests Tokenization Alongside JPMorgan, BNY Mellon

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Nov. 15, 2023.

Singapore skyline (Mike Enerio/Unsplash)

Policy

Kazakhstan Central Bank Marks Digital Tenge Pilot With First Retail Payment

The National Bank of Kazakhstan plans to implement a digital tenge by the end of 2025.

Kazakhstan cityscape landscape (Alexander Serzhantov/Unsplash)

Markets

DYDX Pumps Ahead of Massive $500M Token Unlock

The decentralized exchange debuted its layer 1 blockchain based on Cosmos this week.

DYDX token unlock (token.unlocks)

Policy

Singapore Central Bank Starts Tokenization Pilots Alongside JPMorgan, BNY Mellon, DBS

The test will explore bilateral digital asset trades, foreign currency payments, multicurrency clearing and settlement, fund management and automated portfolio rebalancing.

Night view of Singapore taken across the water.