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

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: RENDER Gains 14.7% as Index Moves Higher

Litecoin joined Render as a top performer, gaining 9.7%.

9am CoinDesk 20 Update for 2024-12-05: leaders chart

Finance

Chainalysis Taps Founder Jonathan Levin as CEO

The crypto analytics company's former leader, Michael Gronager, went on leave in late September.

Chainalyis CEO Jonathan Levin

Markets

U.S. Crypto Stocks Surge in Pre-Market Trading as Bitcoin Tops $100K

MARA Holdings climbed on completing an $850 million offering of a zero-coupon convertible senior note.

Wall Street bull

Markets

Bitcoin Hits Milestone vs. Gold as Cycle Pattern Flags $120K by Year-End: Van Straten

The market price of bitcoin, priced in gold hit an all-time high of 39 ounces.

Market price of Bitcoin, priced in Gold ounces (TradingView)

Markets

Market Makers May Keep Bitcoin Around $100K as Overheated Market Faces Pullback Risks

The hedging activity of options market makers may ensure BTC price stability amid risks from elevated funding rates

An invisible hand may ensure BTC price stability. (PIRO4D/Pixabay)

Tech

Botanix Labs' Mission to Bring Bitcoin to Defi Moves to Final Testnet Phase

The Aragog testnet as it is known, introduces a set of tools that will form the basis for the mainnet's DeFi offering.

Spiderchain, a Bitcoin layer 2 blockchain. (Shutterstock)

Policy

Putin Says No One Will Be Able to Ban Cryptocurrencies: State Media

The Russian president said cryptocurrencies will continue to develop no matter what happens to the U.S. dollar.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin said nobody has the power to ban bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies and that they will continue to develop, news agency RIA reported.

Markets

Recent Inflows Into Spot Bitcoin ETFs Could Be Purely Directional Plays: Van Straten

Since Nov. 20, ETFs have seen over $3 billion in net inflows while open interest on the CME exchange has declined.

Futures Open Interest, CME (Glassnode)