Sheldon Reback

Regional Head of Europe

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.

Latest from Sheldon Reback

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Consolidates at $42K

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Jan. 29, 2024.

Jan 29, 2024

Tech

Solana Trading Aggregator Jupiter Sees Trading Volumes Jump Ahead of JUP Issuance

The platform settled over $500 million in trades on Sunday, briefly becoming the biggest on-chain trading platform.

Jan 29, 2024

Policy

Hong Kong Gets Spot-Bitcoin ETF Application, Stablecoin Interest From China’s Harvest Global: Reports

Venture Smart Financial Holdings is also aiming for a spot-bitcoin ETF and is involved in the discussions about the stablecoin sandbox.

Jan 29, 2024

Hong Kong harbor skyline view into Kowloon

Markets

Bitcoin Whales Boosted Coin Stash by $3B in January, Data Show

While bitcoin ETFs have experienced net inflows of $820 million, bitcoin whales increased holdings by about $3 billion this year, IntoTheBlock said.

Jan 29, 2024

Markets

First Mover Americas: Franklin Templeton's Bitcoin ETF Becomes the Cheapest

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

Jan 12, 2024

A user examines prices on a mobile phone while looking at a graph on a laptop

Finance

CoinShares Exercises Option to Buy Bitcoin ETF Provider Valkyrie to Add U.S. Arm

CoinShares said the decision is a direct result of the SEC's approval for spot bitcoin ETF listings.

Jan 12, 2024

Jean-Marie Mognetti, CEO CoinShares (CoinShares)

Tech

Telcoin Restores User Balances After Exploit, Records 400% Increase in Deposits

The issue apparently resulted from a fault in the interaction between Telcoin’s digital wallet and a proxy contract that incorrectly performed certain storage functions.

Jan 12, 2024

Finance

BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF Could Attract a Record $3B Inflow in First Trading Day: CF Benchmarks

The fund saw about $400 million of inflows within 30 minutes of its trading debut, CF Benchmarks said.

Jan 11, 2024

Markets

Coinbase Will Benefit From Spot Bitcoin ETF Approval: Wedbush

The crypto exchange has a dominant role in all but one of the approved ETFs, acting as an issuer or custodian, the report said.

Jan 11, 2024

Markets

Bitcoin ETF Approval Is Historic Moment for BTC, Miners: Analysts

Mining stocks represent an attractive opportunity for investors looking to gain access to the long-term bitcoin adoption trade, the analysts wrote.

Jan 11, 2024

Bitmain Antminer S19 Hydro mining rigs, the company's latest technology, installed at a Merkle Standard facility in Washington state. (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)