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

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

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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)

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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Markets

Crypto Markets Today: Bitcoin Holds $100K as Altcoins Extend Losses, AI Tokens Defy Trend

Bitcoin’s slide to $100,600 caps another week of losses due to renewed Fed caution. Ether and most altcoins are struggling, though AI-linked tokens are seeing outsized gains.

A trader slumps at his desk in front of chart screens (Getty Images+/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Miner IREN Posts Record First-Quarter Earnings, Looks to Growth in AI

The company is targeting $3.4 billion in AI Cloud ARR by end of 2026 with expansion to 140,000 GPUs and strengthened financing position.

An engineer sits at a bank of crypto mining rigs.

Policy

UK Stablecoin Rules Will Be in Place 'as Quickly as the U.S.,' BOE Says: Bloomberg

BOE Deputy Governor Sarah Breeden tied the need to impose caps on stablecoin holdings to the U.K.'s mortgage market, which relies on commercial bank lending.

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Markets

Strive Raises $160 Million in Bitcoin Buying Power After Upsized Preferred Stock Offering

Upsized 2 million-share SATA issuance priced at $80 includes a 12% dividend and potential bitcoin allocation.

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