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 Hits $52K, Regains $1T Market Cap; Genesis Cleared to Sell $1.3B GBTC Shares

Some traders are targeting the $64,000 level in the coming weeks as demand from spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund products grows.

Bitcoin price on Feb. 14 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Traders Target $64K as BlackRock ETF Nears $500M in Single-Day Inflow

Excluding Grayscale's Bitcoin Trust, the bitcoin exchange-traded funds have accumulated over $11 billion worth of BTC a month after going live.

Three arrows hit bullseye of a target (QuinceCreative/Pixabay)

Finance

Chainalysis, Fireblocks, Gauntlet Make Forbes' Fintech List

The three crypto companies have together raised a total of $2 billion, according to Forbes.

a man with binoculars via Unsplash.

Markets

Bitcoin Drops 2% on Hotter-Than-Expected U.S. Inflation

The January CPI reading reduced expectations for interest-rate cuts in the next months, weighing on risk assets such as crypto.

Bitcoin fell from the $50,000 level after the January CPI report. (CoinDesk)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin at $50K. What Next?

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Feb. 13, 2024.

solana Feb. 13, 2024 for FMA

Policy

Banxa, Payments Partner for Binance and OKX, Lands on UK Crypto Register

BNXA UK VASP is the first firm to land on the Financial Conduct Authority's crypto register this year.

(FCA)

Markets

MOON Holder Makes 550% on Predictions Platform Polymarket as Bitcoin Moves Above $50K

The trader had bought the Yes side shares of the now-expired Polymarket-based betting contract "Will BTC hit $50,000 in February?"

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

Markets

Bitcoin Runs Into $50K Resistance as Sellers Step In on Binance, Coinbase

Bitcoin approached the $50,000 level Monday for the first time in more than two years, but selling pressure on exchanges stalled the advance.

Down Arrow spray painted on a brick wall (Shutterstock)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Hovers Below $48K; Immutable X Soars

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Feb. 12, 2024.

Immutable chart (CoinDesk)

Policy

Philippines Rules Out Blockchain for Wholesale CBDC Seen Likely by 2026: Report

The country's central bank does not plan on issuing a retail version of the digital currency.

The Philippines plans on issuing a wholesale CBDC (Alexes Gerard/Unsplash)