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

Gauging Spot Bitcoin ETF's Impact on Price Volatility

Some analysts expect bitcoin to mature into a less volatile asset following the introduction of spot ETFs in the U.S, while others say potential "cash creation" structures will increase volatility.

(Chip Vincent/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Hits $38.8K for First Time in Over a Year

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Dec. 1, 2023.

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Finance

KuCoin Ventures to Provide $20K Grant to TON Ecosystem

The funding will be allocated to five "mini-apps" focusing on payments and gaming.

16:9 KuCoin (Shutterstock)

Policy

Terraform Labs, Do Kwon Fail to Have Singapore Class-Action Suit Rejected: Report

The suit was filed in September 2022 by Julian Moreno Beltran and Douglas Gan on behalf of 375 others, who claim they lost a combined $57 million.

Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon (Terra)

Finance

Cathie Wood's ARK Invest Offloads a Further $4.7M Worth of Coinbase Shares

COIN reached its highest level since April 2022 on Monday and remains at 19-month highs.

(Alpha Photo/Flickr)

Policy

Brazil to Impose 15% Tax on Crypto Earnings Held on Offshore Exchanges: Report

The bill is awaiting presidential approval.

Brazil (Agustin Diaz Gargiulo / Unsplash)

Markets

There Are Tentative Signs of Revival in DeFi and NFT Markets, JPMorgan Says

Expectation of U.S. approval of a spot bitcoin ETF has led to an increase in DeFi and NFT activity in recent months, the report said.

Decentralized finance activity is starting to pick up. (Alina Grubnyak/Unsplash)

Markets

MicroStrategy Bought $600M of BTC in November, Increased Holdings by 10%

MicroStrategy is also looking to raise up to $750 million in a sale of class A common stock.

Michael Saylor (Anna Baydakova/CoinDesk)

Finance

Decentralized Infrastructure Provider Grove Raises $7.9M

Decentralized infrastructure is the use of blockchain technology and token incentives to build physical networks so other projects do not need to incur the costs of buying and running their own equipment.

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Finance

Institutional Crypto Trading Platform Talos Taps Into Uniswap's Liquidity

It's the first time Talos will be routing trades through a decentralized exchange.

Mary-Catherine Lader, COO, Uniswap Labs  (Kelly Sullivan/Getty Images for TechCrunch)