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

H100 Group Targets $79 Million Raise to Power Bitcoin Strategy

Blockstream CEO shares details with CoinDesk on strategic convertible loan backing bitcoin-focused treasury play.

Adam Back, CEO Blockstream (second from right) speaks at Consensus Hong Kong 2025 by CoinDesk (CoinDesk/Personae Digital)

Policy

Vietnam Passes Landmark Law Recognizing Crypto Assets

The law outlines a framework for managing digital assets and fostering blockchain innovation and will take effect on Jan. 1, 2026.

View of Hanoi, Vietnam's capital, from high up. ( Unsplash / Jane Dang)

Markets

Metaplanet Overtakes Coinbase With 10K BTC, Becomes No. 9 Bitcoin Holder

The Tokyo-based company bought another 1,112 BTC for $117.2 million.

Crowds pass below colorful signs in Tokyo's Akihabara district.

Markets

Positive U.S. Regulatory Environment More Conducive for Crypto Corporate Activity: JPMorgan

The number of crypto IPOs year-to-date matches the pace of offerings seen in the bull market of 2021, the report said.

JPMorgan Chase headquarters in New York City in 2023. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

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Markets

Bitcoin Miner Price Targets Raised to Reflect Improved Industry Economics: JPMorgan

The bank increased its CleanSpark, Riot Platforms and MARA Holdings price targets.

Racks of crypto mining machines.

Markets

XRP Could Capture 14% of SWIFT’s Global Volume, Ripple CEO Says

SWIFT dominates interbank messaging for cross-border transfers. Ripple can compete on its ability to seamlessly to move capital, Brad Garlinghouse said.

(CoinDesk)

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Markets

Anthony Pompliano Set to Head $750M Bitcoin Investment Vehicle: FT

The crypto advocate is preparing to lead ProCapBTC in bid to mirror the bitcoin treasury strategy pioneered by Strategy's Michael Saylor, the Financial Times reported.

Anthony Pompliano. (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Tumbles Below $104K as Israel Strikes Iran

Israel said it launched a “precise, preemptive strike” to neutralize the country's nuclear program.

(Unsplash)