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

BTC Supply in Profit Nears 90% as Price Rallies on Expected Bitcoin ETF Approval

Just under half of the bitcoin supply was in profit at the start of last year.

(John Angel/Unsplash)

Policy

Crypto Custodian BitGo Wins In-Principle Approval as Major Payments Institution in Singapore

BitGo was also recently named by Hashdex as the custodian in its application to become an issuer of a spot exchange-traded fund.

CEO of BitGo Mike Belshe in a chair on-stage at Consensus 2023

Finance

El Salvador's BTC Bet Is $13M in Profit as Bitcoin ETF Approval Approaches

President Nayib Bukele hailed the investment as being "back in the black" last month.

El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele. (Government of El Salvador, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Holds Above $46K Amid ETF Anticipation

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Jan. 9, 2024.

Bitcoin price on Jan. 9 (CoinDesk)

Policy

U.S. Arrests 'Bitcoin Rodney,' Alleged HyperVerse Crypto Scheme Promoter, on IRS Charges of Fraud

Rodney Burton was arrested on Friday in Florida and will be transferred to Maryland.

(Shutterstock)

Policy

DeFi Identity Should Be Focus of U.S. Policymakers, CFTC Says

Policymakers should identify the projects of greatest concern and prioritize progress on digital identity, a report from one of the regulator's committees said.

Christy Goldsmith Romero (CFTC)

Finance

Bitwise Tops Bitcoin ETF Low-Fee Table, While Grayscale Bets on Size

Just one potential spot bitcoin ETF issuer has set a management fee above 1% as many of the others are asking for less than 0.5%.

Sign saying fee area ahead on a background of desert shrubland

Markets

First Mover Americas: It’s ETF Deadline Week

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Jan. 8, 2024.

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Finance

BlackRock, Other Potential Bitcoin ETF Providers Reveal Fees

BlackRock said its fee will start at 0.20%, rising to 0.30%.

BlackRock's corporate office in New York, New York. (Jim.henderson/Wikimedia Commons)

Markets

After Bitcoin ETF Decision, U.S. Debt Announcement May Be Pivotal for Crypto Traders

The Treasury's next quarterly debt announcement may not turn out as much a tailwind for risk assets as the previous one did.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen at American University (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)