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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Mercati

Bitcoin Trades Around $57K, Crypto Market Drops 6% in Run-Up to Fed Decision

BTC is down about 6.3% in the last 24 hours having dropped below the $60,000 support level late on Tuesday.

16:9 Market decline (Mediamodifier/Pixabay)

Mercati

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Holds Stable as ETF Outflows Increase

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for April 26, 2024.

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Politiche

EU Parliament Adopts Anti-Money Laundering Rules Package, Also Policing Crypto

The new laws set up "enhanced" due diligence and customer checks for crypto firms.

European Parliament (Frederic Köberl/ Unsplash)

Mercati

ARK Sells Last of Its ProShares Bitcoin Futures ETF Shares

The investment firm sold 237,983 BITO shares worth $6.7 million at Thursday's closing price of $28.22 from its Next Generation Internet ETF (ARKW)

Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood

Politiche

Ex-Head of China's Digital Yuan Effort Facing Government Probe: Report

Yao Qian is reportedly being investigated for "violations of discipline and law."

China renminbi bills (Moerschy/Pixabay)

Tecnologie

Bitcoin Mining Pool ViaBTC Sells 'Epic' First Post-Halving Sat for $2.13M

The pool mined the first block after last week's halving, winning an "epic" sat in the process.

Auction (Shutterstock)

Mercati

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Drops Below $64K, Ether Falls

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for April 25, 2024.

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Politiche

Jebara Igbara, AKA 'Jay Mazini,' Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison for Crypto-Related Fraud

Igbara perpetrated multiple fraud schemes and scammed investors of at least $8 million.

Jebara Igbara was sentenced to 7 years in prison. (Sasun Bughdaryan / Unsplash)

Finanza

Crypto Exchange Woo X Claims a First With Tokenized Treasury Bills for Retail Investors

The Woo X RWA Earn Vaults have been built in partnership with institutional tokenization firm OpenTrade.

DeFi, T-bill, Yield, Paradigm

Tecnologie

The Bitcoin Halving Is Here, and With It a Giant Surge in Transaction Fees

The launch of Casey Rodarmor's new Runes protocol sent fees surging as users rushed to etch new digital tokens that can be launched atop the Bitcoin blockchain.

Screenshot of livestreamed watch party hosted by Tone Vays (YouTube)