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

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin at $34.5K on ETF Excitement

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Oct. 24, 2023.

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Markets

Institutions Race for Bitcoin, Sending CME Open Interest to Record High

Open interest for the CME's bitcoin product hit 100,000 BTC ($3.4 billion) for the first time ever.

CME dominance (K33 Research)

Finance

Nym Technologies Attracts $300M in Crypto Fund Commitments for Privacy Infrastructure

The Nym Innovation Fund, with commitments from investors such as Polychain, KR1, Huobi Incubator and Eden Block, supports projects looking to safeguard privacy in the crypto ecosystem.

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Markets

Bitcoin Leads Crypto Majors' Gains; Analysts Bullish on SOL After 30% Weekly Jump

Total market capitalization rose 8% to reach levels not seen since mid-August.

BBitcoin faces headwinds (Pixabay)

Policy

CipherBlade Founder Says Blockchain Sleuthing Firm 'Hijacked'

Members of the original CipherBlade entity – who no longer control its domain or social platforms – are suing the new ownership.

Rich Sanders. (CipherBlade)

Finance

BTC Valued at $144M Sent to Coin Mixer From Defunct Darknet Market After Eight-Year Wait

The coins are linked to Abraxas marketplace, a darknet market that shut in 2015.

Hacker (Towfiqu Barbhuiya/Unsplash)

Finance

PetroChina Completes First International Crude Oil Trade in Digital Yuan: Report

PetroChina bought 1 million barrels of crude oil settled in e-CNY at the Shanghai Petroleum and Natural Gas Exchange

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Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Gains as Trading Volume Surges

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Oct. 23, 2023.

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Finance

Bitcoin Miner Bit Digital Diversifies Into AI for 'Substantially Higher Margin' Than Mining

The firm is looking for a "reliable income stream ... that is uncorrelated to bitcoin prices."

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Markets

‘First Uniswap Token’ HayCoin Price Jumps to $3M Per Token

Uniswap creator Hayden Adams burned his token holdings over the weekend, effectively destroying 99.99% of the outstanding supply.

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