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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Finance

Bitcoin Layer-2 Builder Botanix Labs Raises $8.5M From Polychain Capital, Others

The New York-based firm built Spiderchain to be compatible with Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) layers.

Scattered pile of $1 bills (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Settles Into $63K-$64K Range

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for May 7, 2024.

BTC price FMA, May 7 2024 (CoinDesk)

Policy

QCP Receives In-Principal Approval From Abu Dhabi Regulator

The digital assets trading firm said in April it was setting up shop in Abu Dhabi in collaboration with Further Ventures.

Executives from QCP and Further Ventures (QCP)

Policy

Galaxis Raises $10M, Doubling Down on Belief That NFTs Will Provide Real Value Everywhere

The platform has previously launched NFT collections for celebrities such as DJ Steve Aoki and actor Val Kilmer.

Shubham's Web3

Markets

AI Tokens Lead Crypto-Market Recovery as Nvidia Hits One-Month High

"We are in an AI super cycle right now," one market observer said.

RNDR, an AI-related token, has surged 40% in seven days. (CoinDesk)

Policy

Binance CEO Teng Says Nigeria Must Release Gambaryan, Detention Sets 'Dangerous New Precedent'

In January the company refused to pay a demand from "unknown persons" to settle allegations.

Tigran Gambaryan, Binance's head of crime compliance, is one of two executives detained in Nigeria. (Shutterstock/Consensus)

Finance

Exploiter Steals $68M Worth of Crypto Through Address Poisoning

The victim was duped by a mimicked 0.05 ether transfer.

(Kevin Ku/Unsplash)

Policy

UK Local Elections Show Swing to Labour With General Election Pending

The government, which has adopted a pro-crypto stance, must hold a general election by end-January.

Labour Leader Keir Starmer (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Markets

Bitcoin's Price Recovery Faces Nonfarm Payrolls Test

Bitcoin held steady as the dollar index nursed losses ahead of a U.S. jobs report that is expected to show the unemployment rate remained below 4% for the 27th straight month.

BTC's price chart (CoinDesk)

Markets

Crypto Exchange Coinbase Had a Blowout First Quarter: Analysts

The business has a number of positive catalysts including its smart wallet, Coinbase Prime, layer-2 network Base and its growing international offering, the analysts said.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong speaks at a political rally hosted by Stand With Crypto. (screenshot from Coinbase video)