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

Strategy Hits Record $128.5B Market Cap as Bitcoin Buying Prompts Equity Sales

The company has tripled the number of shares outstanding since 2020 through major ATM offerings as investors reward its bitcoin-focused transformation.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor at the Digital Asset Summit in New York City on March 20, 2025. (Nikhilesh De)

Finance

Crypto Market Maker B2C2 Said to Be Raising up to $200M: Source

The transaction will allow majority holder SBI to reduce its stake in the crypto trading firm, the source said.

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Markets

Jim Chanos Calls Strategy’s Premium 'Financial Gibberish'

The famed short seller is betting on a decline in Strategy’s stock while bitcoin advocate Pierre Rochard defends company’s premium valuation amid rising competition.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor at the Digital Asset Summit in New York City on March 20, 2025. (Nikhilesh De)

Finance

PayPal Blockchain Lead José Fernández da Ponte Joins Stellar

The Stellar Development Foundation also hired Jason Karsh, a former Block and Blockchain.com executive, as chief marketing officer.

Jose Fernandez da Ponte, senior vice president of digital currencies at PayPal, speaks at Consensus 2025.

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Tech

Aethir and Credible Introduce DePIN-Powered Credit Card

The move is designed to give Aethir’s native ATH token holders and node operators access to stablecoin credit without liquidating their tokens

Headshot of Aethir CEO and co-founder Mark Rydon (Aethir)

Finance

Tokenization Firm Midas Brings Two New DeFi Products to Etherlink

The firm’s new mMEV and mRe7YIELD products deliver institutional-grade, market-neutral DeFi exposure.

Midas CEO Dennis Dinkelmeyer (Midas)

Markets

PEPE Climbs 6% as Traders Defend Key Levels, Memecoin Index Gains 7%

Trading volumes for the frog-themed token surged to 4.6 trillion, while exchange balances have decreased 2.6% over the past 30 days.

PEPE price chart (CoinDesk Data)

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Altcoins Outperform as Rally Gains Steam: Crypto Daybook Americas

Your day-ahead look for July 16, 2025

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Markets

Strategy’s Convertible Bond Prices Surge as Stock Advances Back Toward Record High

Five of the six convertible issuances from the serial bitcoin acquirer are trading deep in the money, creating billions in unrealized value.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor standing. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk))

Markets

XRP Futures Volume on the CME Hit a Record $235M

Institutional investors prefer CME derivatives for regulated exposure to digital assets, avoiding direct ownership.

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