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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Finanças

WazirX to Phase In Indian Rupee Withdrawals Starting Aug. 26

Users of the Indian crypto exchange will be able to take out up to 66% of their rupee funds in two phases following a suspension instituted after last month's $230 million dollar hack.

WazirX CEO Nischal Shetty (WazirX)

Mercados

Bitcoin Mining Opportunity Is Worth About $74B, JPMorgan Says

The Wall Street bank lowered its price targets for some miners to account for second-quarter results and changes in the bitcoin price and the network hashrate.

(Shutterstock)

Finanças

Donald Trump Teases 'The DeFiant Ones' Crypto Project on Truth Social

“It’s time we take a stand – together,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social account with a Telegram group link to the unreleased decentralized finance platform.

Donald J. Trump at a rally (Gerd Altmann, modified by CoinDesk)

Mercados

DeFi Summer Is Making a Comeback, Steno Research Says

Total value locked across the crypto ecosystem is expected to reach an all-time high in the first half of next year, the report said.

Decentralized finance activity is starting to pick up. (Alina Grubnyak/Unsplash)

Mercados

Bitcoin Tops $61K Before Powell's Jackson Hole Speech as Ether ETFs Face Record Outflows

Comments at the Jackson Hole symposium later Friday may give clues about the Federal Reserve monetary policies, will boost or undermine prices of risk assets, including bitcoin.

(Kevin Dietsch/Staff/GrettyImages/PhotoMosh)

Política

OmegaPro Co-Founder Arrested in Turkey on Suspicion of $4B Ponzi Scheme: Reports

The firm said it invested in cryptocurrency and forex, and reportedly collapsed in 2022.

(Getty Images)

Finanças

Crypto Asset Manager Grayscale Offers AVAX Token Investment in New Avalanche Trust

The provider of bitcoin and ether ETFs now offers more than 20 crypto investment products.

Grayscale ad (Grayscale)

Finanças

Stablecoin Issuing System M^0 Employs Fireblocks for Crypto Custody

M^0 allows stablecoin issuers to incentivize distributors, liquidity providers and so on by programmatically sharing yield among an ecosystem of users.

DeFi, T-bill, Yield, Paradigm

Mercados

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Advances Following Reports of RFK Jr. Withdrawal

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Aug. 22, 2024.

BTC price, FMA Aug. 22 2024 (CoinDesk)

Tecnologia

DePIN Media Network PKT Starts Up on Coinbase's Base to Bring Transparency to Making Movies

Behind PKT are Hollywood talent who say they're sick of the black box that is the industry's film production process.

(The Maker Jess/Unsplash)