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

Boxing Day bonanza: $27 billion in bitcoin, ether options set for year-end reset

The expiration involves over 50% of Deribit's total open interest, with a bullish bias indicated by a put-call ratio of 0.38.

A person looking at multiple trading screens. (sergeitokmakov/Pixabay/Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Uniswap vote, U.S. GDP: Crypto Week Ahead

Your look at what's coming in the week starting Dec. 22.

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Policy

Poland’s lower house approves crypto law again, sends vetoed bill back to Senate

The Sejm passed the same version of the Crypto-Asset Market Act previously rejected by President Nawrocki, escalating political tensions.

Photo by Piotr Cierkosz on Unsplash

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Markets

Crypto Markets Today: Bitcoin rallies on Japan rate hike as futures traders pile in

BTC rose to $88,000 after the Bank of Japan raised interest rates. The increase, seen as a potential risk-off trigger, failed to spark a flight into the yen.

Corner of a plaque showing a map of the Bank of Japan.

Markets

Ripple expands institutional trading push with TJM partnership

The deal is less about chasing returns and more about access to familiar market structures, regulated intermediaries and predictable settlement.

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Policy

Coinbase files lawsuits in 3 states over attempts to regulate prediction markets

The crypto exchange is taking legal action against Connecticut, Michigan and Illinois, Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal wrote on X.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong speaking to House Speaker Mike Johnson on July 18, 2025. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Markets

Metaplanet to start sponsored ADR program to woo over-the-counter U.S. investors

The sponsored level I ADR listing strengthens U.S. investor access, settlement quality and market credibility, the company said.

Close up of the red circle at the center of the Japanese flag. (DavidRockDesign/Pixabay)

Finance

Bybit returns to UK with 100 crypto trading pairs after 2-year break

Bybit exited the U.K. in 2023 following a tightening of rules around the promotion and marketing of crypto services.

A view over the City of London taken over the Thames near Tower Bridge. (Cj / Unsplash+)