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

Hong Kong to Issue Third Blockchain-Based Green Bond Sale: Bloomberg

The bonds mark Hong Kong's third digital bond sale since 2023 and are part of its push to become a leading global hub for tokenized assets.

Hong Kong's skyline (Chris Lam/CoinDesk)

Finance

Rumble Shares Soar on Tether Partnerships, Planned Northern Data Acquisition

Rumble unveiled three major deals with Tether and Northern Data, expanding its AI infrastructure, ad business and cloud capacity.

Rumble CEO Chris Pavlovski at Consensus 2025 in Toronto (CoinDesk)

Crypto Daybook Americas

A Shot in the Arm: Crypto Daybook Americas

Your day-ahead look for Nov. 10, 2025

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Markets

Crypto Markets Today: Altcoins Surge as Bitcoin Rebounds to $106.5K on U.S. Dividend Optimism

Bitcoin steadied above $100,000 after two weeks of losses, while altcoins rallied on expectations that President Trump’s proposed $2,000 tariff dividend could inject retail liquidity into the market.

President Donald Trump (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Markets

Is This the Indicator That Bitcoin Treasury Companies Have Hit a Bottom?

Jim Chanos closed his 11-month short on Strategy as multiple to net asset value compressed sharply.

Jim Chanos (CoinDesk Archives)

Markets

Circle, CoreWeave Earnings, Square's Bitcoin Payments: Crypto Week Ahead

Your look at what's coming in the week starting Nov. 10.

Jeremy Allaire, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, Circle Speaks at Hong Kong Fintech Week in 2024 (HK Fintech Week)

Finance

Spain’s Civil Guard Arrests Alleged Leader of 260M Euro Crypto-Linked Ponzi Scheme

The alleged Ponzi scheme attracted over 3,000 victims by offering guaranteed returns on contracts tied to various assets.

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Policy

Japan Regulator to Support Country's 3 Largest Banks in Stablecoin Issuance

Japan's financial regulator, FSA, said the venture will see MUFG, SMBC and Mizuho explore the joint issuance of a stablecoin as an electronic payment instrument.

Aerial view of Tokyo (Jaison Lin/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

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Finance

Ex-Alameda Co-Founder's Crypto Trading Firm Lantern Ventures Said to Be Winding Down Funds

A number of the firm's staff are likely to lose their jobs, according to a person familiar with the matter.

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