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

Bitcoin, Crypto-Related Stocks Are Ripe for Institutional Adoption: Bernstein

Spot bitcoin ETFs are expected to be approved by major wirehouses and large private bank platforms in the third and fourth quarters, the report said.

Bernstein forecasts new crypto cycle ( Hans Eiskonen/Unsplash)

Policy

SEC Ends Probe Into Consensys, Won't Sue Over Ethereum

The U.S. regulator closed its investigation into "Ethereum 2.0," Consensys said.

Joe Lubin, founder and CEO of Consensys. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk/Suzanne Cordiero)

Markets

Meme Coins and Macro: U.S. Credit Card Holders Most Stressed Since 2012

The percentage of credit card loans outstanding for over 90 days has increased to the highest since 2012, a signal that speculative activity may ease off.

(stevepb/Pixabay)

Finance

Ether ETF's Lack of Staking Won't Dampen Strong Institutional Demand, 21Shares' Ophelia Snyder Says

Prospective providers of spot ether ETFs in the U.S. removed provision for staking from their applications to avoid potential regulatory roadblocks.

Ophelia Snyder, Co-Founder, 21Shares, at Consensus 2024 by CoinDesk, Austin, USA  (CoinDesk)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Crypto Majors Slide Further; SOL, DOGE Among Worst Affected

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for June 18, 2024.

CD20 FMA, June 18 2024 (CoinDesk)

Markets

AI-Related Coins Slide as Google Search Shows Peak Retail Investor Interest

Spikes in crypto-related Google search queries have historically occurred at major market tops, validating legendary investor Warren Buffet's mantra of buying in doom and selling in boom.

(Growtika/Unsplash)

Markets

Dogecoin Bulls See $60M Liquidations in Biggest Hit Since 2021

Over $400 million in crypto longs were liquidated in the past 24 hours as major tokens slid as much as 10%.

Dogecoin futures set open interest record (Minh Pham/Unsplash)

Policy

FTX Victims View Bankruptcy Process as 'Second Act of Theft,' File to Recover $8B in Forfeited Assets

Attorneys for the victims said the bankruptcy process has left FTX customers feeling "aggrieved and robbed."

FTX logo (Adobe Firefly)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Crypto Majors Subdued After Fed's Hawkish Stance

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for June 17, 2024.

BTC price, FMA June 17 2024 (CoinDesk)

Markets

U.S.-Listed Bitcoin Miners Reached Record Total Market Cap of $22.8B in June: JPMorgan

Mining stocks outperformed bitcoin in the first half of the month as investors reacted positively to news of Core Scientific’s AI deal with CoreWeave, the report said.

New and old bitcoin mining rigs at CleanSpark's site in Georgia.