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

Tokens Tied to Dogecoin-Funded DOGE-1 Satellite Jump Ahead of SpaceX Launch

GEC token prices have more than quadrupled in the past week, while XI tokens are up 35% in the same period.

(Dogecoin)

Finance

Coinbase Adds Message-Based Crypto Payments to Its Decentralized Wallet

The new feature comes at a time of growing positive sentiment in the crypto market after over a year of pain for industry participants.

(Alpha Photo/Flickr)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Traders Are Turning to Ether

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Dec. 6, 2023.

A user tracks charts on an tablet with a keyboard and larger monitor in the background.

Finance

Societe Generale-Backed Euro Stablecoin EURCV Starts Trading on Bitstamp

The listing marks the first time a euro stablecoin issued by a fully regulated bank is available on a cryptocurrency exchange.

SocGen branch

Markets

Over $600M Locked in Open Dogecoin Futures as DOGE Price Hits Highest Since April

An increase in open interest alongside a rise in price is said to confirm an uptrend.

DOGE futures open interest (Coinglass)

Markets

Solana Hype Bumps BONK to Third-Largest Dog Token, Behind DOGE, SHIB

A more than 70% surge since Sunday has catapulted bonk to the third-largest dog-themed token behind foremost dogecoin (DOGE) and shiba inu (SHIB).

Bonk developers say they want to showcase Solana's capabilities. And that's worked so far. (Bonk Inu)

Markets

Cathie Wood's ARK Invest Sells $33M of Coinbase Shares, $5.9M of Grayscale Bitcoin Trust

The investment management firm sold a total of 237,572 COIN shares across three different exchange-traded funds: ARKK, ARKW and ARKF

Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood

Markets

Crypto Miner Phoenix Group's Shares Surge 35% in Abu Dhabi Stock Market Debut

In November, the UAE-based company said its initial public offering (IPO) was 33-times oversubscribed.

Abu Dhabi (Kamil Rogalinski/Unsplash)

Markets

First Mover Americas: BlackRock Received $100K Seed Funding for Its Spot BTC ETF

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Dec. 5, 2023.

BlackRock HQ

Policy

U.S. Crypto Lobbying on Course for Record Spend This Year

Crypto companies spent almost $19 million on lobbying by the end of the third quarter compared with $16 million in the same period last year.

Washington DC (Wenhan Cheng/Pixabay)