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

Bitcoin nears pre-election floor as ETF flows stall, Citi says

The cryptocurrency is trading below key ETF cost levels and nearing its pre-election price floor as inflows to these vehicles fade and headwinds build, the bank said.

Bitcoin (TheDigitalArtist/Pixabay, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin’s thinnest price zone hints at extended stay between $70,000 and $80,000

Limited historical trading activity and thin onchain supply suggest further consolidation or a retest of the lower range.

BTC URPD: (Glassnode)

Crypto Daybook Americas

How your brain may drive bitcoin higher

Your day-ahead look for Feb. 4, 2026

A group of CAT scans of the human brain

Markets

Crypto steadies after selloff as bitcoin, ether rebound from multiyear lows

Bitcoin and ether are posting gains after a sharp market-wide decline, with derivatives traders continuing to reduce risk exposure.

Still water. (Matthias_Groeneveld/Pixabay)

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Finance

Crypto’s wealthy investors and industry leaders see IPO hype waning in 2026

Despite expectations for some IPO and venture activity in 2026, fewer investors feel as confident as they did last year, according to the latest CfC St. Moritz report.

Nicolo Stöhr, CEO of the CfC St. Moritz

Finance

Over 60% of crypto press releases are linked to high-risk or scam projects, study finds

Crypto press release services often provide misleading marketing content, creating an illusion of legitimacy by placing unverified announcements alongside legitimate news.

Newspaper printing (Bank Phrom/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

U.S. Treasury probes crypto exchanges over Iran sanctions evasion, TRM Labs says

The U.S. Department of the Treasury is scrutinizing crypto platforms, not just wallets, for enabling Iran’s sanctions evasion, according to TRM Labs’ Ari Redbord.

(Photo by hosein charbaghi on Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Kraken parent company Payward posts 33% growth in full-year revenue

The company adopted a multibrand corporate structure to separate its consumer products from infrastructure operations.

Kraken logo

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Markets

Strategy slides toward eighth straight monthly decline

Last year marked the second-worst annual performance since Strategy adopted its bitcoin treasury strategy.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (Danny Nelson, modified by CoinDesk)