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

Chinese Marketing Company Aurora Mobile Plans to Adopt Crypto Treasury

The Shenzhen, China-based company's board approved an initiative to convert up to 20% its cash and cash equivalents into bitcoin and other digital assets

16:9 Shenzhen, China (立 重立/Pixabay)

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Deep Sea Mining Firm Goes Deep on Bitcoin With $1.2B BTC Treasury Plan

The Oslo-listed firm said it bought four bitcoin in its first BTC purchase.

BTC's Elliott wave analysis points to a bear market in 2026. (Kanenori/Pixabay)

Markets

Metaplanet Raises $515M, Blockchain Group Adds $4.8M in Bitcoin Treasury Equity Moves

The Japanese and French companies executed major capital raises to fund bitcoin accumulation strategies amid growing institutional interest in BTC investment.

Statue of a bull (ianproc64/Pixabay)

Finance

Pompliano’s ProCap Buys 3,724 Bitcoin After Raising $750M War Chest


The bitcoin-native company bought the coins at an average price of $103,785 and plans on leveraging its holding in yield-generating strategies.

bull, bear

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Finance

Mastercard Expands Stablecoin Push With Paxos, Fiserv and PayPal Integrations

The payments giant is integrating PYUSD, USDG and FIUSD into its network, expanding stablecoin payments and settlements for consumers and merchants.

Mastercard debit card next to phone with price chart (CardMapr.nl/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Set for Biggest Mining Difficulty Drop Since July 2021

Bitcoin's hashrate collapse triggers a projected 9% difficulty adjustment, offering miners temporary relief amid seasonal and post-halving pressure.

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Finance

Hong Kong Family Office VMS to Allocate Up to $10M to First Crypto Play: Bloomberg

VMS is looking to diversify its investment strategy, which has largely been focused on private equity.

Hong Kong city view. (Andrew Jephson / Unsplash)

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Markets

Nasdaq Futures Chalk Out Golden Cross Near Record High, Offering Bullish Cues to Bitcoin

Nasdaq and bitcoin often move together, suggesting the golden cross could encourage bitcoin bulls.

Nasdaq futures chalks out golden cross. (Flickr)

Finance

Digital Asset, Builder of Privacy-Focused Blockchain Canton, Raises $135M

The strategic raise was led by DRW Venture Capital and Tradeweb Markets.

Digital Asset CEO Yuval Rooz (Digital Asset)