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

Bitcoin Options Traders Shrug Off Post-CPI Choppy Price Action

The mood in the options market remains positive even as the cryptocurrency struggles to build upside momentum on the back of a bullish U.S. inflation report.

BTC's choppy price action. (CoinDesk/HIghCharts.com)

Finance

Telegram Merchants Gain Access to In-App Crypto Payments for First Time

Wallet, which is built on the TON blockchain, is allowing merchants to integrate cryptocurrency into the bots they use to accept payments in the messaging app.

Telegram app on smartphone (Shutterstock)

Tech

Polygon Proposes Token Switch From MATIC to POL for More Utility

If approved by the community, POL will work as a multipurpose token that can be used to validate multiple Polygon-based networks.

(Polygon Labs)

Policy

Coinbase Lawyers Argue Biden Student Loans Ruling Aids Defense Against SEC

Asserting powers over the $1 trillion crypto industry would be of major significance, just like canceling student debt was, the exchange’s lawyers argue.

Coinbase says a student loan case could sway its SEC suit. (Victoria Pickering/Flickr)

Finance

DeepBook Brings Centralized-Style Orders for Decentralized Finance on Sui Network

The DeepBook central limit order book will allow traders to view order flow and market depth on Sui.

(Austin Distel/Unsplash)

Markets

Coinbase Key Metrics Show Bullish Outlook Among Traders With Short-Term Caution

Coinbase has missed out on “a significant portion of the cryptocurrency market's upside” and is expected to join this move later, one trader said.

Coinbase (COIN) reports fourth quarter earnings on Thursday and is expected to post strong numbers as trading volume picked up in the last few months of the year. (Piggybank/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin April 2024 Forecast Raised to $56.6K: Berenberg

The bank lifted its MicroStrategy price target to $510, representing 24% potential upside, the report said.

(Unsplash)

Policy

EU Securities Agency Issues First Batch of Detailed Crypto Rules Under MiCA Law

Consultations cover authorization and conflict-of-interest rules for crypto companies under the landmark digital assets regulation

(Udo Pohlmann/Pixabay)

Policy

U.S. Senate Finance Committee Asks Crypto Industry for Tax Guidance

In a letter made public on Tuesday, Chairman Ron Wyden and Ranking Member Mike Crapo sought cryptocurrency industry comment around nine topics.

The new Congress will arrive for work at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 3. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF Application Takes Surveillance to the Next Level

An Information-Sharing Agreement, which appears to be absent from public spot Bitcoin ETF filings, compels a crypto exchange to share trading data up to and including personal information such as a customer’s name and address.

BlackRock HQ