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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Finance

Bitcoin Miners Need to Be Proactive to Hold Their Positions After Halving: Fidelity Digital Assets

As the protocol evolves, new layers could emerge bringing new use cases and more users, the report said.

Bitmain Antminer mining rigs (Christie Harkin/CoinDesk)

Markets

Tether's USDT Stablecoin Touches $100B Market Cap, Benefiting From Crypto Trading Frenzy

Despite years-long scrutiny over Tether's stability, USDT saw a rapid resurgence in 2023 benefiting from its close competitors' troubles.

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino (Tether)

Policy

Nigerian Parliamentary Committee Summons Binance CEO Teng: Report

Two executives of the exchange were detained last week on arrival in the country.

Lagos, Nigeria (Nupo Deyon Daniel/Unsplash)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Surpasses $65K, Meme Tokens Rally

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for March 4, 2024.

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Finance

Omni Network Signs $600M Restaking Deal With Ether.Fi to Enhance Security

Both Omni and Ether.Fi have committed to EigenLayer's pooled security model.

Omni Network signs $600 million deal with Ether.Fi (Blogging guide/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Rally Leaves More Than 97% of Addresses in Profit, Blockchain Data Show

Most bitcoin addresses bought coins at prices lower than the going market rate, according to IntoTheBlock.

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Markets

Bitcoin Claims All-Time High in Euros, Takes Aim at U.S. Dollar Record

The largest cryptocurrency is now just 5% away from its 2021 high in U.S. dollar terms, having already reached records in other currencies.

ECB chief Christine Lagarde (Center for Global Development/Flickr)

Policy

Nigeria Government Demands $10B From Crypto Exchange Binance: BBC

A spokesperson for the president later denied an amount had been set, People's Gazette reported.

Nigerian flag (Emmanuel Ikwuegbu/Unsplash)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Is Bitcoin Rallying Ahead of Schedule?

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for March 1, 2024.

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Markets

Worldcoin’s WLD Drops as Elon Musk Sues OpenAI

WLD is considered a proxy bet on OpenAI, the Sam Altman-owned artificial intelligence company.

(Steve Jurvetson/Wikimedia Commons)