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

Michael Sonnenshein, Ex-Grayscale CEO, Joins Tokenization Firm Securitize as COO

Sonnenshein left asset management firm Grayscale, issuer of spot bitcoin and ether ETFs, earlier this year.

Michael Sonnenshein (CoinDesk)

Finance

Ranger Finance Targets Crypto Perps Traders of 'Size' on Solana

Solana's first crypto perpetuals aggregators service wants to compete with market leader Hyperliquid.

whaling

Finance

Hut 8 Rises 12% Pre-Market Amid Social-Media Talk of Partnership With Meta

HUT shares climbed to just under $30 as of 10:00 UTC, over 11.75% higher than its Wednesday closing price of $26.69.

A Hut 8 mining facility (hut8.io)

Markets

This Bitcoin Indicator Echoes Early November Vibe That Presaged a 40% Price Explosion

BTC's range-bound trading might be over soon, according to a widely tracked volatility indicator.

Stablecoin inflows have stalled ahead of the CPI report.(sergeitokmakov/Pixabay)

Markets

A Single Pudgy Penguins NFT Now Costs More Than a Bitcoin

The comic penguin collection has become the world’s second most-valued set of NFTs, crossing the $100,000 mark for the first time.

Image of several Pudgy Penguin NFTs (Pudgy Penguins)

CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: RENDER Climbs 13.5% as All Assets Trade Higher

Ethereum Classic (ETC) was among the top performers, gaining 11.3% from Tuesday.

9am CoinDesk 20 Update for 2024-12-11: leaders chart

Policy

Italy Set to Scale Back Planned Tax Hike on Crypto Capital Gains: Reuters

The tax increase will be significantly reduced during parliamentary work, lawmakers said.

Italy (Tanya Lapko / Unsplash)

Markets

XRP Outperforms Bitcoin, Dogecoin Extends Slide Ahead of U.S. CPI

XRP whale exchange deposits hit a six-month high early Tuesday, indicating short-term bearish pressure.

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