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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Ethereum Validator Exit Queue Tops $2B as Stakers Rush to Quit After 160% Rally

The exodus stretched the waiting line to over 10 days, but strong staking demand from ETH treasury firms and SEC clarity may keep sell pressure in check.

Ethereum has a backlog of validators waiting to exit the chain. (Koushik Pal/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

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Senate Releases Answer to Clarity Act as It Continues Market Structure Work

The Senate published a 35-page discussion draft market structure bill, asking for industry input on how it may be improved.

Senators Cynthia Lummis and Tim Scott, and White House crypto adviser Bo Hines (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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BNB Drops After Failed Breakout, Key Support Holds as Corporate Accumulation Grows

The decline has Solana's sol (SOL) to overtake BNB's market capitalization, with SOL rising 3.5% to a market cap of $109.3 billion.

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A16z Crypto Leads $15M Seed Round Into Decentralized AI Data Layer Poseidon

Poseidon was incubated by IP-based protocol Story, whose aim is to convert IP into programmable assets that can be licensed and managed using smart contracts

Statue of Poseidon (mike1550/Pixabay)

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UK Says Crypto Sector Likely Under Reporting Sanction Breaches

U.K.-based crypto asset firms also face a high risk of being targeted by North Korean hackers, many of which operate on behalf of sanctioned entities, the report said.

A view over the City of London taken over the Thames near Tower Bridge. (Cj / Unsplash+)

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Blockchain Could Boost Covered Bonds, but Adoption Faces Major Hurdles: Moody's

Moody’s notes that current blockchain use is mostly limited to on-chain bond issuance, with certain key functions still reliant on off-chain infrastructure

Computer monitors and a laptop screen show trading charts on a desk overlooking an expanse of water at sunset. (sergeitokmakov/Pixabay)

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Western Union CEO Views Stablecoins as an Opportunity, Not a Threat: Bloomberg

"Last I checked, you couldn't spend stablecoin if you wanted to buy a Coca Cola," Western Union CEO Devin McGranahan said

A Western Union sign above a shop. (Shutterstock)

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SpaceX Wallet Springs to Life With $153M Bitcoin Transfer, First Move Since 2022

This is the first recorded outbound transfer since June 10, 2022, when it moved 3,505 BTC (worth some $102 million at the time) to Coinbase.

Rocket (SpaceX/Unsplash)

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NFT Market Sees 29% Daily Rise as CryptoPunk, Penguins Surge

The resurgence in NFT interest comes after a prolonged bear market, with sales volumes having plateaued around $400 million a month.

Pudgy Penguins is a collection of 8,888 unique penguins with proof of ownership stored on the Ethereum blockchain. (Screenshot: OpenSea)