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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Finanza

Fintech Giant Revolut Said to Be Planning Stablecoin

Crypto-friendly Revolut is said to be quite far along in creating its own stablecoin, according to two people familiar with the plan.

Fintech giant Revolut is said to be planning to issue a stablecoin of its own.  (A. Aleksandravicius/Shutterstock)

Politiche

Australia to Prioritize Wholesale CBDC Over Retail

The Reserve Bank of Australia made a strategic commitment to prioritize work on a wholesale CBDC.

(engin akyurt / Unsplash)

Mercati

Ethereum Is the Microsoft of Blockchains, ETH Underperformance May Reverse Into Year-End: Bitwise

The Ethereum blockchain has the most active developers, the highest number of active users and ether has a market cap that is five times larger than its nearest competitor, the report said.

Vitalik Buterin is the creator and spiritual leader of Ethereum. (Romanpoet/Wikimedia Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

Mercati

BitGo to Enter Stablecoin Market With Reward-Bearing USDS Coin

BitGo says USDS is an "open participation" stablecoin that provides rewards to institutions for providing liquidity to the ecosystem.

BitGo CEO Mike Belshe on stage at Token2049 Singapore. (Amitoj Singh/CoinDesk)

Mercati

Tether-Issued Stablecoin USDT's Market Share Grows to 75% as Market Cap Tops $118B

The largest stablecoin's market cap has almost doubled in two years, while key rivals declined and new entrants have yet to pose a challenge.

Market capitalization of the top stablecoins (Token Terminal)

Finanza

DYdX to Debut Perpetual Futures on Prediction Markets as DEX Seeks to Raise Profile

Decentralized finance needs to develop a unique offering relative to centralized venues, dYdX Foundation CEO Charles d'Haussy said.

Charles d'Haussy. (https://charlesdhaussy.com/)

Mercati

Bhutan, Tiny Country With $3B GDP, Holds Over $780M in Bitcoin

Bhutan’s state-owned Druk Holdings touts digital assets as one of its focus investment groups.

Bhutan (Sittichok Glomvinya/Pixabay)

Finanza

UK Finance, Member Banks See Benefits During Experimental Phase of a Tokenization, CBDC Platform

Barclays, Citi UK, HSBC and Natwest participated in the Regulated Liability Network test.

(Camomile Shumba/CoinDesk)

Finanza

BitGo Unveils Token Management Service for Crypto Foundations

Big names like Worldcoin and LayerZero are among the first customers of the Token Management Service, announced on Monday.

BitGo crop

Web3

Flappy Bird Creator Dong Nguyen Comes Out of Social Media Retirement to Take a Swing at GameFi

Flappy Birds is back, but without the support of its creator.

(engin akyurt/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)