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

ARK Invest Sold $5M Worth of Grayscale Bitcoin Trust Shares Last Week

The sales took place as the discount for Grayscale's bitcoin investment vehicle narrowed to its lowest in over two years, a sign of escalating optimism that a spot bitcoin ETF will finally be approved in the U.S.

Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood

Finance

Ripple Excites XRP Army as Metaco Acquisition Brings Banks Closer

Earlier this month, Ripple-owned infrastructure provider Metaco said it was working with banking powerhouse HSBC.

Ripple (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Touches $38K on Quiet Holiday Weekend

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Nov. 24, 2023.

BTC price chart (TradingView)

Finance

Bitcoin's Hashrate War Between Antpool and Foundry Intensifies as BTC ETF Nears

The Bitcoin hashrate has been climbing steadily all year, and Antpool has edged ahead of Foundry while stockpiling bitcoin.

Bitmain Antminer mining rigs (Christie Harkin/CoinDesk)

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Finance

Hong Kong Investment Firm Victory Securities Obtains Retail Crypto Trading License

The publicly traded company joins crypto-native firms HashKey Exchange and OSL Digital Securities with a license.

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Markets

Cross Chain Swap Token FLIP More Than Doubles on First Day of Trading

The token received praise from THORChain developers.

Flip (Alicia Quan/Unsplash)

Markets

Grayscale Bitcoin Trust Could See $2.7B of Outflows if ETF Conversion Is Approved: JPMorgan

The bitcoin price could come under pressure as some of the money is likely to completely exit the ecosystem, the report said.

Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein (CoinDesk)

Finance

Binance’s Settlement With U.S. Authorities Is Positive for Crypto as Well as the Exchange: JPMorgan

The settlement will significantly reduce the potential systemic risk emanating from a hypothetical collapse of the crypto exchange, the report said.

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Finance

KyberSwap Offers 10% Bounty to Attacker Who Made Off With $50M

The attacker had said negotiations would start when they are "fully rested," and hasn't been heard from since.

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Markets

Bitcoin's 3-Week Consolidation Under $38K Has Bullish Undertone

The pullbacks have become less deep over the past three weeks, suggesting the building up of bullish sentiment, one observer said.

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