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

Frank McCourt's Decentralized Internet Project Enters Ethereum Ecosystem With Consensys Partnership

The partnership brings Project Liberty to Consensys' Linea layer-2 network and its popular MetaMask crypto wallet.

Project Liberty founder Frank McCourt (MIT Technology Review)

Finance

Digital Currency Group’s Barry Silbert Bets Big on AI Blockchain Bittensor

Barry Silbert will be the CEO of Yuma, a new DCG company focused on incubating and building new businesses within Bittensor’s decentralized AI ecosystem.

DCG chief Barry Silbert (DCG)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Hits New Highs as ETF Options Traders Go Degen

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for November 20, 2024.

Bitcoin price on Nov. 20 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Robinhood Is the Top Crypto Deregulation Trade, Bernstein Says

The broker raised its price target on the stock to $51 from $30 while maintaining its outperform rating on the shares.

Robinhood app on a smartphone (Shutterstock)

Finance

Stablecoin Issuer Paxos to Buy Finland's Membrane Finance to Gain EU Access

Paxos agreed to buy electronic money institution Membrane Finance, which is licensed in Finland.

Paxos CEO Charles Cascarilla (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Options Coming to Bitcoin ETFs Is a Big Deal

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for November 19, 2024.

Nasdaq is seeking approval from regulators to allow the launch and trading of options tied to the price of bitcoin. (Shutterstock)

Finance

Crypto Valley Exchange to Go Live in January With Cheap On-Chain Futures and Options Trading

The decentralized exchange for futures and options trading plans to go live on Arbitrum on Jan. 8.

James Davies, co-founder and CEO of CVEX. (CVEX)

Markets

Bitcoin Mining Economics Improved in the First Half of November: JPMorgan

The total market cap of the mining stocks tracked by the bank grew 33%, the report said.

(Shutterstock)

Policy

Crypto Exchange Gemini Starts Up in France With EU's MiCA Laws Weeks From Kicking In

Companies registered in EU nations by year-end will be able to continue operating while they secure licenses under MiCA regulations that take effect at the end of the year.

Gemin's Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss (Image Catcher News Service/Getty Images)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Solana Breaks Out to New Cycle Highs

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for November 18, 2024.

Solana price on Nov. 18 (CoinDesk)