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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Pananalapi

Donald Trump Site Lists Limited-Edition 'Bitcoin Sneakers' for as Much as $500 a Pair

The most expensive bright orange, high-top sneakers are already sold out and being relisted on eBay for as high as $2,500.

Bitcoin price could be tied to the outcome of the U.S. election, Jefferies said. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Pananalapi

OKX Ventures, Aptos Foundation Initiate $10M Fund for the Move-Based Layer-1 Ecosystem

The fund will be used to develop an accelerator program for projects built on Aptos.

Aptos founders Mo Shaikh, left, and Avery Ching (Aptos Labs)

Pananalapi

Lloyd’s of London-Backed Insurance Policies Can Now Be Paid for in Crypto on Ethereum

Cryptocurrency insurance underwriter Evertas, a Lloyd’s coverholder, has teamed up with smart contract-based insurance marketplace Nayms to offer the on-chain policies.

Inside the Lloyd's of London insurance market. (Lloyd's of London)

Merkado

First Mover Americas: Crypto Market Stabilizes After Nursing Losses

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

XRP price, FMA July 31 2024 (CoinDesk)

Tech

Terra Blockchain Restarts After $4M Exploit

A reentrancy attack briefly halted the network. It restarted after an “emergency” chain upgrade.

Crypto hacks, scams and exploits netted some $2 billion this year. (fikry anshor/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Merkado

Bitcoin Keeps Weekly Loss as 'Anti-Risk' Yen Strengthens After BOJ Rate Hike

The yen’s popularity as a funding currency can cause knock-on effects in other markets, helping tighten global financial conditions, BlackRock said.

Tokyo, Japan (Ryo Yoshitake/Unsplash)

Pananalapi

DraftKings Dumps NFT Business, Citing Legal Developments

The sports gambling company faces a class action lawsuit alleging its NFTs are securities.

(Photo illustration by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Tech

Move Language Developer Movement Labs Joins AggLayer

The collaboration will enable unified liquidity across MoveVM-based layer-2 blockchains.

Movement Labs co-founders Cooper Scanlon and Rushi Manche (Movement Labs)

Pananalapi

Circle Said to Be Trading Around $5B Valuation Ahead of Planned IPO: Sources

The issuer of stablecoin USDC was valued at as much as $9 billion when it first tried to go public in a failed SPAC deal in 2022.

Circle Chief Strategy Officer Dante Disparte (left) and CEO Jeremy Allaire (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Merkado

First Mover Americas: BTC Slides as U.S. Government-Linked Selling Pressure Looms

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for July 30, 2024.

BTC price, FMA July 30 2024 (CoinDesk)