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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Polymarket Connects to Chainlink to Cut Tampering Risks in Price Bets

Chainlink will supply data for objective, fact-based markets. The challenge of reliably resolving more subjective bets remains.

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Markets

Crypto Markets Today: Bitcoin Pulls Back, PENGU Open Interest Surges

Analysts remained optimistic saying they expect new lifetime highs in BTC and outsized gains in select few tokens, such as HYPE, SOL and ENA.

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Finance

Winklevoss-Backed Gemini Prices IPO at $28/Share, Values Crypto Exchange at More Than $3B

The digital asset firm backed by the billionaire Winklevoss twins sold 15.2 million shares, and raised $425 million.

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss at the White House on July 18, 2025. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)


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Markets

Bitcoin ETFs Record Fourth Consecutive Day of Inflows, Adding $550M

Spot ether (ETH) ETFs are currently enjoying a three-day inflow run.

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Markets

Galaxy, Circle, Bitfarms Lead Crypto Stock Gains as Bitcoin Vehicles Metaplanet, Nakamoto Plunge

The sharp moves happened amid a relatively muted action in the broader crypto market, with bitcoin modestly up above $114,000.

Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

U.S. CPI Rose a Faster-Than-Expected 0.4% in August; Core Rate in Line

The headline news is sending markets, bitcoin included, lower, but isn't likely to derail the Fed from trimming interest rates next week.

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Markets

Crypto Market Today: MNT, HASH Shine as Majors Look to U.S. Inflation Report

Market gains may accelerate if the CPI prints below estimates, strengthening the chance of a Federal Reserve rate cut.

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Finance

Avalanche Foundation Eyes $1B Raise to Fund Two Crypto Treasury Companies: FT

The AVAX tokens would be bought from the foundation at a discounted price.

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