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 and collapse. He managed the Bloomberg Terminal's main news page and worked on a global project to produce short, chart-based stories across the newsroom. Before that, he worked 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

Decentralized Data Foundry Sapien Announces Token Generation Event on Base

The TGE will unlock 25% of the total 1 billion SAPIEN tokens.

Lighter sees $250 million in outflows following its token generation event. (geralt/Pixabay)

Markets

Markets Today: OKB, FART Surge as Ether Races Toward Record Highs

Open interest in ether futures has increased significantly, indicating bullish sentiment among traders.

SpaceX rocket launching into space (SpaceX/Unsplash)

Finance

OKX Slashes OKB Token Supply by 50% With $7.6B Burn, Price Surges

OKX’s record-breaking $7.6 billion OKB burn halved the circulating supply and sparked triple-digit price spike, and shifts focus to driving adoption of its X Layer blockchain.

A hand holds dollar flaming bills (JP Valery/Unsplash)

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Kazakhstan’s Fonte Capital Introduces Central Asia’s First Spot Bitcoin ETF

The BETF fund, custodied by BitGo, will give investors in central Asia regulated, physically backed access to bitcoin through the Astana International Exchange.

National flag of Kazakhstan. (Unsplash)

Finance

Monero’s 51% Attack Problem: Inside Qubic’s Controversial Network Takeover

Qubic says it has achieved hashrate dominance over Monero, sparking concerns over the future of the network's decentralization.

A hooded figure huddles over a keyboard. (Getty Images/Unsplash+)

Finance

Circle Unveils Layer-1 Blockchain Arc, Reports $428 Million Q2 Loss

Circle's Q2 financials showed $658 million in revenue, but a net loss of $482 million due to non-cash IPO-linked items.

Circle logo on a shop front (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)


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Markets Today: Bitcoin, Ether Hold Gains as Ethena Hits $11.9B TVL, Pudgy Penguins Race to F1

Futures positioning points to profit-taking in BTC and ETH as open interest falls, while DeFi protocol Ethena joins the $10B club and meme token PENGU secures high-speed exposure at the Singapore Grand Prix.

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Markets

Metaplanet Boosts Bitcoin Reserves With $61M Purchase

The Japanese company now holds 18,113 BTC worth over $1.21B, with a third-quarter BTC Yield of 26.5%.

Tokyo crossing. Credit: Shutterstock/Ugis Riba