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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Mercados

Metaplanet Gains First Index Listing With Inclusion on CoinShares' BLOCK Index

The company's stock is the best-performing Japanese equity this year, having gained nearly 840%, according to Investing.com.

Tokyo, Japan (Ryo Yoshitake/Unsplash)

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Bitcoin Hits Record High Against BlackRock's U.S. Treasury ETF as Investors Search for Returns: Van Straten

At the same time, crypto investors are looking to reduce risk ahead of the U.S. election, driving bitcoin's crypto-market dominance to a cycle high.

U.S. Treasury Department (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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First Mover Americas: BTC Little Changed as U.S. Election Enters Final Stretch

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Nov. 4, 2024.

BTC price, FMA Nov. 4 2024 (CoinDesk)

Mercados

Bitcoin Likely to Rally After the U.S. Election, Irrespective of Who Wins, History Shows: Van Straten

Whether Kamala Harris or Donald Trump becomes U.S. president probably won't dictate bitcoin’s price growth.

The White House in Washington D.C. (Tabrez Syed/Unsplash)

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Bitcoin Mining Revenue, Profit Fell in October for a Fourth Consecutive Month: JPMorgan

The network's monthly average hashrate surged to a record high, the report said.

(Shutterstock)

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Bitcoin's Drop on Thursday Spurred Panic Sales Among Short-Term Holders: Van Straten

Over $2 billion worth of bitcoin was sent to exchanges at a loss on Thursday, the most since August's yen carry trade unwind, as bitcoin fell below $70,000.

BTC: Transfer Volume from STHs in Loss to Exchanges (Glassnode)

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Harris Odds Rise on Polymarket as 'Election Fraud' Allegations Ramp Up Trump Hedge Bets

At current prices, a $10,000 punt on Harris could equal a $25,000 payout if she wins the U.S. presidential election.

Trump and Harris debating on CNN. (Sam Reynolds/CoinDesk)

Finanças

Franklin Templeton Takes Its Tokenized Treasury Fund to Base, Becomes First Asset Manager on the Layer 2

The $410 million fund is also available on Stellar, Aptos, Avalanche, Arbitrum and Polygon.

Base booth at ETHDenver (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Tecnologia

Bitcoin Rollup Citrea Aims to Make BTC a Programmable Asset With ZK Proofs, Raises $14M Series A

The goal of allowing greater utility on the Bitcoin blockchain is one of almost existential importance, according to Citrea.

A photo of Citrea's four co-creators (Citrea)

Mercados

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Returns to $72.5K in Muted Market Activity

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Oct. 31, 2024.

BTC price, FMA Oct. 31 2024 (CoinDesk)