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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Policy

Fed Chair Powell Told House Democrats U.S. Needs Stablecoin Bill: Politico

Powell also said a CBDC would need Congress' approval before the Federal Reserve will act.

Fed Chair Jay Powell is set to speak after the central bank held policy steady (Helene Braun/CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Stocks Advance Pre-Market as Bitcoin Tops $51K, Market Cap Hits 26-Month High

Total crypto market cap climbed to $2 trillion for the first time since April 2022.

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

Policy

UK Financial Watchdog Issued 450 Alerts on Illegal Crypto Promotions in Last Three Months of 2023

The Financial Conduct Authority said firms approving ads need to take their regulatory obligations seriously.

(FCA)

Markets

Bitcoin Hits $52K, Regains $1T Market Cap; Genesis Cleared to Sell $1.3B GBTC Shares

Some traders are targeting the $64,000 level in the coming weeks as demand from spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund products grows.

Bitcoin price on Feb. 14 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Traders Target $64K as BlackRock ETF Nears $500M in Single-Day Inflow

Excluding Grayscale's Bitcoin Trust, the bitcoin exchange-traded funds have accumulated over $11 billion worth of BTC a month after going live.

Three arrows hit bullseye of a target (QuinceCreative/Pixabay)

Finance

Chainalysis, Fireblocks, Gauntlet Make Forbes' Fintech List

The three crypto companies have together raised a total of $2 billion, according to Forbes.

a man with binoculars via Unsplash.

Markets

Bitcoin Drops 2% on Hotter-Than-Expected U.S. Inflation

The January CPI reading reduced expectations for interest-rate cuts in the next months, weighing on risk assets such as crypto.

Bitcoin fell from the $50,000 level after the January CPI report. (CoinDesk)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin at $50K. What Next?

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Feb. 13, 2024.

solana Feb. 13, 2024 for FMA

Policy

Banxa, Payments Partner for Binance and OKX, Lands on UK Crypto Register

BNXA UK VASP is the first firm to land on the Financial Conduct Authority's crypto register this year.

(FCA)

Markets

MOON Holder Makes 550% on Predictions Platform Polymarket as Bitcoin Moves Above $50K

The trader had bought the Yes side shares of the now-expired Polymarket-based betting contract "Will BTC hit $50,000 in February?"

Bitcoin could hit a new record high in two months. (Kurt Cotoaga/Unsplash)