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

Standard Chartered Raises Year-End BTC Forecast to $150K, Sees 2025 High of $250K

The bank also predicted that approval of an ether ETF could be expected on May 23, leading to as much as $45 billion of inflows in the first 12 months and ETH climbing to $8,000 by the end of 2024.

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Policy

Nigeria's SEC Proposes 400% Increase to Crypto Firm Registration Fees

The regulator proposed increases to all supervision fees as the government blamed crypto for recent economic woes.

Lagos, Nigeria (Nupo Deyon Daniel/Unsplash)

Markets

First Mover Americas: El Salvador Holds More BTC Than Expected

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

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Policy

Hong Kong Regulator Says Crypto Exchange MEXC Has Been Operating Without a License

Last year, regulators in Japan and Germany also alerted consumers the exchange was unlicensed.

Hong Kong harbor skyline view into Kowloon

Finance

Binance Spun Off Venture Capital Arm Earlier This Year

Binance Labs says it is "an independent venture and not part of the Binance Group."

Two large stacked blocks displaying Binance's logo at a trade show.

Markets

Gold Investors Aren't Switching Into Bitcoin, JPMorgan Says

Outflows from gold exchange-traded funds and a surge in bitcoin ETF inflows fueled speculation investors were shifting from the precious metal into the cryptocurrency.

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Markets

Bitcoin Layer-2 Project BVM Gains Traction With Promise of 'Juicy' Airdrops

The platform lets users start their own networks on Bitcoin and is offering developers millions of dollars as grant rewards.

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Finance

Crypto Custody Firm Cordial Systems Names Jump Crypto as Client as It Exits Stealth

Cordial Treasury gives all the software to the customer, not just a bit of a cryptographic key.

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Finance

Justin Sun Deposits $480M of ETH to Restaking Protocol Ether.Fi

Ether.Fi is nearing $3 billion in total value locked.

Consensus 2019 Justin Sun CEO TRON (CoinDesk)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Robinhood Shares Jump, Layer 2s Become Cheaper

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for March 14, 2024.

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