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

Cross-Chain Service DeBridge to Issue Governance Token, Completes Activity Snapshot

The cross-chain service is popularly used to transfer funds between the Ethereum, Base and Solana blockchains, among others.

(Markus Spiske/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Ether's BTC-Denominated Price Flirts With 9-Year-Long Trendline Support: Technical Analysis

The trendline connecting 2016 and 2017 lows has consistently offered support since January.

(WOKANDAPIX/Pixabay)

Finance

Ferrari to Extend Cryptocurrency Payments to Europe: Reuters

The company also plans to extend the service to other markets by the end of the year.

Ferrari (NoName_13/Pixabay)

Markets

Bitcoin ETFs Break Inflow Streak as Traders Look to Trump’s Nashville Appearance for Volatility

Bitwise’s BITB led with $70 million in net outflows, followed by Ark’s ARKB at $52 million and Grayscale’s GBTC at $27 million.

outflows (Unsplash)

Markets

Iren Is Positioned to Become One of the Biggest Listed Bitcoin Miners: Canaccord

The broker raised its price target for the shares to $15 from $12 and reiterated its buy rating.

Bitcoin miners (Shutterstock)

Finance

Mt. Gox Moves $3B Bitcoin to New Wallet, $130M to Bitstamp Exchange

The defunct crypto exchange has moved billions of dollars worth of bitcoin over two days.

16:9 Wallet (Prasanta Sahoo/PIxabay)

Finance

Crypto-Friendly Bank Revolut Plans to Sell $500M of Employee Shares at $45B Valuation: WSJ

Revolut has been in talks with investment firm Greenoaks over the sale, which would pave the way for a potential IPO

Revolut to Suspend Certain Crypto Services (Kaysha/ Unsplash)

Finance

Bitcoin Layer-2 Chain Bitlayer Raises $11M Led by ETF Issuer Franklin Templeton

Bitlayer's layer 2 is based on the BitVM paradigm, which was unveiled last October and laid out a path for Ethereum-style smart contracts on the original blockchain.

Jenny Johnson, Franklin Templeton president and CEO, speaks at Consensus 2024. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Markets

Coinbase Upgraded to Buy From Neutral on Improving Regulatory Risk: Citi

The Wall Street bank increased its price target on the crypto exchange’s shares to $345 from $260.

Coinbase upgraded to buy from neutral on improving regulatory risk: Citi. (Coinbase)

Finance

Solana Sees Arrival of Nomura, Brevan Howard-Affiliated Tokenization Firm Libre

Libre is unveiling a new tokenized offering, the blockchain-based Hamilton Lane SCOPE senior credit fund, which will be available on Solana and Ethereum-compatible chains.

Libre CEO Avtar Sehra sits on a chair in front of a microphone (Libre)