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 Likely to Drop After the Halving, JPMorgan Says

The bank’s analysis of open interest in bitcoin futures shows that the cryptocurrency is still considered overbought.

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Markets

Bearish Flip in Crypto Crowd Sentiment Hints at Coming Bitcoin Price Bounce

Analytics firm Santiment's social-media metrics suggest the crypto crowd is beginning to lean bearish.

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Finance

Zignaly Announces Cosmos-Based ZIGChain, $100M Ecosystem Fund

ZIGChain's ecosystem fund is backed by DWF Labs.

Zignaly co-founders A.Rafay Gadit, David Rodriguez and Bartolome R. Bordallo (Zignaly)

Markets

Bitcoin’s Outperformance Means Some of Expected Post-Halving Rally May Have Come Early: JPMorgan

Recent weakness in bitcoin mining stocks ahead of the reward halving offers an attractive entry point for investors, the report said.

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Markets

Ether Options Show Bias for Weakness Over 3 Months

Ether's 90-day puts are more expensive than calls on Deribit for the first time since January, according to Amberdata.

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Markets

Buy Bitcoin Miners' Stocks Ahead of the Halving, Bernstein Says

Bitcoin’s bullish trajectory is expected to resume after the halving once mining hashrates have adjusted to the lower rewards and ETF inflows resume, the report said.

A close-up of one of Riot's mining rigs. (Riot Blockchain)

Markets

Goldman Cautions Against Extrapolating Previous Bitcoin Halving Cycles for Price Predictions

Bitcoin's fourth mining reward halving is just two days away.

Goldman Sachs logo (CoinDesk archives)

Markets

First Mover Americas: BTC Below $62.5K While Altcoins Wipe Gains

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for April 16, 2024.

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Markets

Bitcoin Could Surge to $120K on 'Doomsday Rally,' Trader Says

Geopolitical factors could see investors allocate funds to alternative assets such as bitcoin, some analysts say.

Bitcoin could hit a new record high in two months. (Kurt Cotoaga/Unsplash)

Markets

TON-Based Economy Starting to Take Root in Telegram, TON Foundation Says

The Open League program, announced on April 1, is bringing users on-chain in "unprecedented numbers," TON Foundation's Justin Hyun told CoinDesk.

Toncoin rises amid potential Telegram IPO (Christian Wiediger/Unsplash)