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

Crypto Stocks Rally Pre-Market as Bitcoin Tops $46K

Bitcoin climbed over $46,000 for the first time in nearly a month early Friday, extending its gain for the week to nearly 10%.

16:9 Stock market rally (sergeitokmakov/Pixabay)

Markets

Bitcoin Miner Shares Offer Good Entry Point Ahead of Halving Event: Bernstein

The cryptocurrency has performed well before the halving and is likely to sustain momentum for the rest of the year, leading to new highs, the report said.

CleanSpark's bitcoin mining facility in College Park, Georgia. (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Approaches $45K; Crypto Trading Volumes Rise

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Feb. 8, 2024.

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Policy

Thai SEC Files Charges Against Former Zipmex Thailand CEO

The Securities and Exchange Commission alleges customer assets were transferred overseas before an announcement was made.

Zipmex Thailand CEO Akalarp Yimwilai and Zipmex CEO Marcus Lim (seated) in 2020. (Zipmex)

Markets

BlackRock, Fidelity Bitcoin ETFs Have a Liquidity Edge Over Grayscale: JPMorgan

GBTC is expected to lose further funds to newly created ETFs unless there is a meaningful cut to its fees, the report said.

Grayscale's GBTC has lower liquidity than some rival bitcoin ETFs. (roegger/Pixabay)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Hut 8 Shares Slide as CEO Departs Weeks After Short-Seller Report

Former CEO Jamie Leverton is succeeded by president Asher Genoot.

Jaime Leverton (Hut 8)

Tech

Social App Friendzone to Start Operations on Polygon Network This Month

Friendzone was built by early team members from Band Protocol, Synthetix and Koinly and targets the social application space.

(Helena Lopes/Unsplash)

Markets

First Mover Americas: BlackRock’s ETF Demand Ranks Among Top 5

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Feb. 7, 2024.

BlackRock's corporate office in New York, New York. (Jim.henderson/Wikimedia Commons)

Policy

Crypto Crime Could Mean Jail for Life in South Korea

The new consumer protection rules will take effect in July 2024.

(Shutterstock)

Markets

Whales Grab $50M of Chainlink’s LINK as Price Climbs 40% in a Month

LINK is one of the year's top-performing tokens, driven largely by hype around the tokenization of real-world assets.

(Chainlink)