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

Bitcoin Options Open Interest Climbs to Record $15B on Crypto Exchange Deribit

The notional open interest in BTC options listed on Deribit rose to a record $15 billion last week as traders scrambled to take bullish exposure.

BTC's options open interest on Deribit (Deribit).

Markets

Bitcoin Fundamentals Have Never Looked Better: Bernstein

The world’s largest cryptocurrency is expected to benefit from a number of positive catalysts in 2024, the report said.

stepwise increasing stacks of coins pictured against a chart of rising price candles

Finance

Santander Private Bank Introduces Bitcoin, Ethereum Trading for Clients in Switzerland

Santander Private Banking International is offering buy, sell and hold services with bitcoin and ether to clients with accounts in Switzerland.

a row of parked, Santander-sponsored bicycles, aka Boris bikes.

Finance

Sam Altman, Former OpenAI CEO, Lands at Microsoft

Altman and other departed OpenAI staff will join a new advanced AI research team at the software giant.

(Microsoft)

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Finance

More Bitcoin ETF Rejections 'Quite Likely,' BitGo's Belshe Says

Belshe says the SEC could reject ETF applications until exchanges and custody separate out.

CEO of BitGo Mike Belshe in a chair on-stage at Consensus 2023 (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Avalanche and Near Lead Weekly Gains

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Nov. 17, 2023.

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Policy

Mastercard Says Customers Are Too Comfortable With Today's Money for Adoption of CBDCs: CNBC

The payments giant has a CBDC Partner Program that includes participants such as Ripple, Fireblocks and Consensys.

close up of Mastercard logo and hologram on a payment card

Markets

Dogecoin Futures Open Interest Jumps to 7B DOGE, Indicating Risky Bets

Trading interest in DOGE bets rose more than 40% in the past 24 hours to reach the highest level since April.

(Dogecoin)

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Markets

Here Are 3 Charts Supporting the Bull Case for Bitcoin

Plots related to global central banks, U.S. financial conditions and the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield suggest the path of least resistance for the cryptocurrency is upward.

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Policy

Global Standards Setter for Securities Regulation Publishes Crypto Markets Policy Recommendations

IOSCO denied crypto industry requests for a bespoke regime for stablecoins while requiring closer cooperation between regulators in promotional material.

globe held in someone's hand (Greg Rosenke/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)