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

Terra Website Compromised; Developers Warn Against Phishing Scam

Terra warned its users to avoid using its website after being targeted by a phishing attack.

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Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Trades Flat; Vitalik Transfers $1M Ether to Coinbase

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for August 21, 2023.

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Markets

Crypto Analysts Split on Why Ether Outperformed Bitcoin During Last Week's Slide

The ether-bitcoin ratio rose more than 2% past week. The gain is inconsistent with its record of taking losses during bouts of risk aversion.

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Finance

Crypto Miners Are Attempting to Diversify Into Other Business Areas: JPMorgan

Miners are now offering high performance computing services to the rapidly evolving artificial intelligence market, the report said.

(Sandali Handagama)

Policy

Crypto Exchange Bitget to Tighten ID Requirements as Regulators Cite Fraud Concerns

Existing customers have until Oct. 1 to complete the process, after which time they will only be able to withdraw, cancel orders or close trading positions.

(Ronlug/Shutterstock)

Markets

Bitcoin Held Steady Above $26K Over Weekend; XRP, LTC Buck Market Trend

Crypto markets last week saw one of the biggest long liquidation events since FTX’s collapse, with little buying pressure over the past few days.

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Markets

Bitcoin and U.S. Real Yield Reach Strongest Inverse Correlation Since April

Bitcoin fell over 10% last week as the yield on the 10-year inflation-indexed security rose to the highest since 2009.

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Finance

PancakeSwap Deploys on Ethereum Scaling Network Arbitrum in Expansion Drive

The decentralized exchange has joined several networks this year in the search for new users and revenue streams.

Pancakes.(Mae Mu/Unsplash)

Finance

Web3 Security Startup Cube3.ai Emerges From Stealth With $8.2M Seed Funding

The fundraising was led by Blockchange Ventures with participation from Dispersion Capital, Symbolic Capital, Hypersphere Ventures, Iclub and TA Ventures.

Cube3.ai founder and CEO Einaras Gravrock (CUBE3.AI)

Policy

Russia to Test Digital Ruble With Banks, Clients

The country's central bank will begin real-world tests of the digital currency with 13 banks and limited clients on Aug. 15.

El presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin. (DimitroSevastopol/Pixabay)