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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Finance

DeFi Insurer Nexus Mutual Requests $153K for 6-Month Budget

The crypto insurance protocol is anticipating growth stemming from a recent partnership.

Ledn's Mauricio Di Bartolomeo argues that the crypto lending industry can rebuild trust following a disastrous 2022. (Mathieu Stern/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Consolidates at $42K

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Jan. 29, 2024.

BTC price FMA Jan. 29, 2024 (CoinDesk)

Tech

Solana Trading Aggregator Jupiter Sees Trading Volumes Jump Ahead of JUP Issuance

The platform settled over $500 million in trades on Sunday, briefly becoming the biggest on-chain trading platform.

Planet Jupiter and its great red spot

Policy

Hong Kong Gets Spot-Bitcoin ETF Application, Stablecoin Interest From China’s Harvest Global: Reports

Venture Smart Financial Holdings is also aiming for a spot-bitcoin ETF and is involved in the discussions about the stablecoin sandbox.

Hong Kong harbor skyline view into Kowloon

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Markets

Bitcoin Whales Boosted Coin Stash by $3B in January, Data Show

While bitcoin ETFs have experienced net inflows of $820 million, bitcoin whales increased holdings by about $3 billion this year, IntoTheBlock said.

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Markets

First Mover Americas: Franklin Templeton's Bitcoin ETF Becomes the Cheapest

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Jan. 12, 2024.

A user examines prices on a mobile phone while looking at a graph on a laptop

Finance

CoinShares Exercises Option to Buy Bitcoin ETF Provider Valkyrie to Add U.S. Arm

CoinShares said the decision is a direct result of the SEC's approval for spot bitcoin ETF listings.

Jean-Marie Mognetti, CEO CoinShares (CoinShares)

Tech

Telcoin Restores User Balances After Exploit, Records 400% Increase in Deposits

The issue apparently resulted from a fault in the interaction between Telcoin’s digital wallet and a proxy contract that incorrectly performed certain storage functions.

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Finance

BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF Could Attract a Record $3B Inflow in First Trading Day: CF Benchmarks

The fund saw about $400 million of inflows within 30 minutes of its trading debut, CF Benchmarks said.

(Jim Henderson, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Coinbase Will Benefit From Spot Bitcoin ETF Approval: Wedbush

The crypto exchange has a dominant role in all but one of the approved ETFs, acting as an issuer or custodian, the report said.

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