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 Miners Approach $40B Market Cap as Difficulty Set for Fifth Straight Increase

The bitcoin hashrate is still soaring as mining difficulty looks to increase for a fifth consecutive time.

Coinmint, a crypto data center in upstate New York, is set to host a portion of new miners from Riot’s Oklahoma City facility. (Credit: Shutterstock)

Finance

Crypto Exchange XT Is Hacked for $1.7M

The exchange said users' funds are safe.

(Wesley Tingey/Unsplash)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner IREN Surges on Renewed AI Interest, Possible BTC Dividend Payment

The shares rose 30% after executives discussed fiscal first-quarter earnings on a conference call.

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Markets

First Mover Americas: BTC Returns to Near $94K

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for November 27, 2024.

(CoinDesk)

Web3

Line, With an Eye on Telegram's In-App Games Success, to Launch Mini Dapps Next Year

Social media apps' embrace of NFTs didn’t spur mass adoption. Now companies are trying again with blockchain-based games and utility functions.

Photo of a person using a mobile phone.

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin's Correction Takes Price Below $93K

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for November 25, 2024.

BTC price, FMA Nov. 26 2024 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Long-Term Holders Have 163K More BTC to Sell, History Indicates: Van Straten

Long-term holders have sold almost 550,000 BTC as the rising price spurs profit-taking.


Policy

U.K. Financial Regulator Aims for Crypto Regime by 2026

The U.K.'s FCA is trying to be more transparent to the crypto sector after months of uncertainty.

Photo of people entering the FCA building

Finance

Former Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein Joins Aptos Labs as Adviser

Michael Sonnenshein, the former CEO of Grayscale Investments, has joined Aptos Labs as an adviser alongside OpenAI's chief product officer, Kevin Weil.

Michael Sonnenshein (CoinDesk)