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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Cambodian Payments Firm Received $150K From North Korean Hackers Lazarus Wallet: Reuters

The crypto was stolen by Lazarus hackers from three crypto companies in June and July last year.

Crypto hacks, scams and exploits netted some $2 billion this year. (fikry anshor/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Mercados

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Rises Above $62.5K Following Trump Shooting

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for July 15, 2024.

BTC price, FMA July 15 2024 (CoinDesk)

Finanzas

Tether Taps Chainalysis Chief Economist Philip Gradwell as Economics Head

Gradwell will be responsible for quantifying the Tether economy to regulators.

Tether 's logo painted on a wooden background.

Finanzas

BlackRock Assets Under Management Rise Through $10T

The asset manager is the largest public holder of bitcoin by virtue of its iShares Bitcoin Trust exchange-traded fund, which now holds more than 300,000 BTC.

(Jim Henderson, modified by CoinDesk)

Mercados

First Mover Americas: BTC Retreats From $60K

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for July 12, 2024.

BTC price, FMA July 12 2024 (CoinDesk)

Mercados

The Bullish Fed Rate-Cut Play in Bitcoin Is Not as Straightforward as You Think

At first glance, a Fed interest-rate cut appears to be a bullish signal, but that's not necessarily true.

Calculating the effect of Fed rate cut is not straightforward. (geralt/Pixabay)

Mercados

Iris Energy Has Committed Most of Childress Site to Expansion of Bitcoin Mining: Bernstein

The bitcoin miner’s shares slumped yesterday after a Culper Research report said the site was unsuitable for artificial intelligence and high-performance computing.

Alta Novella's turbine room with 40 ASIC bitcoin miners.

Finanzas

Hacks, Rug Pulls Cost BNB Chain $1.6B Since Inception: Immunefi

The blockchain remains the primary target for bad actors performing rug pulls.

BNB Chain Ethereum comparison (Immunefi)

Mercados

MicroStrategy to Split Stock 10:1 After Share Price Triples in a Year on Bitcoin Rally

The company is the largest corporate bitcoin holder, with more than $13 billion worth of BTC in its treasury.

MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk)

Regulación

DAO-Specific Legislation Isn't Needed Yet, English Legal Body Says

The Law Commission said decentralized autonomous organizations appear to fall under existing laws for the time being.

DAOs fall under existing law in England and Wales, Law Commission says (Reinaldo Sture/Unsplash)