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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Mercados

Tariffs, Trade Tensions May Be Positive for Bitcoin Adoption in Medium Term: Grayscale

Tariffs contribute to stagflation, and this benefits scarce assets such as gold and bitcoin, the report said.

Photo of a yellow and black striped barrier.

Finanzas

Ether Whale Dumps $22M of ETH After 9 Years

The trader also sold during major market dips in 2022 and 2023.

A whale tailfin sinks below the ocean surface. (Paola Ocaranza/Unsplash)

Mercados

New Bull Run or Bear-Market Rally? Only Time Will Tell

Wednesday's market rallies in stocks and crypto might be the start of a new bull run, or just a short-term surge during a longer decline.

Bull bear (gopixa/Shutterstock)

Mercados

Crypto Investors Flee Spot Bitcoin, Ether ETFs on Tariff-Driven Uncertainty

The withdrawals took place even as prices zoomed higher alongside a risk-reset on Wall Street.

A man runs past a wall-painted exit pictogram toward a door.

Regulación

Former Ethereum Developer Virgil Griffith Leaves Prison, Seeks Pardon

Griffith pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to violate international sanctions after giving a talk at a crypto conference in Pyongyang in 2019.

SANCTIONS CHARGE: Virgil Griffith is accused of violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act by allegedly telling North Korean government officials how to evade sanctions using cryptocurrency.

Finanzas

Wunder.Social Raises $50M Ahead of Token Offer to Build Bot-Free Social Media

The company uses blockchain tech to verify users and eliminate bots, and shares ad revenue with users, allowing them to fund causes they care about

16:9 Bots (Eric Krull/Unsplash)

Finanzas

Trump-Backed World Liberty Financial Begins Selling ETH as Losses Top $125M

It sold ETH at $1,465 after buying it at $3,259.

(World Liberty Financial)

Mercados

First XRP ETF in U.S. Racks up $5M on Debut in Teucrium's 'Most Successful Launch'

The trading volume puts it among the top ETF product introductions, one market analyst said.

Fireworks explode in the night sky. (photogrammer7/Pixabay)

Finanzas

Kraken Teams Up With Mastercard to Introduce Crypto Debit Cards

The partnership will see the crypto exchange introduce physical and digital debit cards users will be able to use to spend their cryptocurrency throughout the world.

Mastercard debit card next to phone with price chart (CardMapr.nl/Unsplash)