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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Finance

Sui’s native stablecoin goes live with promise of Treasury yield going back to the network

Plans for a Sui Dollar, which is issued by stablecoin firm Bridge, were introduced toward the end of last year.

Mysten Labs co-founders (from left to right): George Danezis (Chief Scientist), Sam Blackshear (CTO), Evan Cheng (CEO), Kostas Kryptos Chalkias (Chief Cryptographer), Adeniyi Abiodun (CPO)

Policy

Trump’s crypto adviser rejects Jamie Dimon on treating yield-bearing stablecoins like banks

White House adviser Patrick Witt said yield-bearing stablecoins needn't to face bank rules because the Genius Act bars issuers from lending reserves.

White House. (Credit: Tabrez Syed on Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Crypto Daybook Americas

Here's why bitcoin climbed through $71,000

Your day-ahead look for March 4, 2026

A space shuttle takes off on the back of a rocket. (WikiImages/Pixabay)

Markets

Bitcoin hits one-month high near $72,000 as haven demand rises

BTC jumped to $71,800 as investors turned to haven assets in light of the escalating Middle East conflict and renewed strength in altcoins.

Stylized bitcoin logo

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Markets

Strategy’s STRC stock signals 1,000 BTC purchase in biggest-one day issuance since debut

Surging trading volume in STRC suggests strong bitcoin buying by the largest publicly traded holder of the cryptocurrency.

Executive Chairman of Strategy Michael Saylor

Markets

Bitcoin jumps above $71,000, building on its resilience to Middle East conflict

Bitcoin climbed above $71,000, gaining more than 6% in 24 hours and leading broad advances in major cryptocurrencies.

Bitcoin's price rise. (CoinDesk)

Policy

Australia could unlock A$24 billion in digital finance gains, is on track for just A$1 billion

An OKX-backed report estimates tokenization and digital finance could generate A$24 billion annually, with productivity gains hinging on reforms to licensing, sandboxes and financial market rules.

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Tech

Battle for Bitcoin's soul opens as first block supporting 'clean-up' proposal is mined

A Bitcoin block signaling the BIP-110 proposal has appeared onchain while critics push back by inscribing a large image in protest.

Tug of war (Shutterstock, modified by CoinDesk)

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Markets

Nasdaq follows Cboe joining world of 'binary bets' as prediction market craze hits Wall Street

The exchange has filed a proposal with the SEC to list yes-or-no bets on the Nasdaq-100 amid continued demand for prediction markets.

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Finance

EU banks’ euro-pegged stablecoin in talks with crypto exchanges to ensure liquidity

Qivalis is a group of 12 major EU banks developing a euro-pegged stablecoin they plan to debut in the second half of the year.

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