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

Bitmine's ether treasury hits 4.8 million ETH as stock listing moves to NYSE

The company now holds 3.98% of all ether in circulation, has staked $7.1 billion of it, and says it is generating $196 million in annualized staking revenue.

Thomas Lee, chairman of BitMine and CIO of Fundstrat, on the main stage during Consensus Hong Kong 2026 (CoinDesk)

Crypto Daybook Americas

Bitcoin has room to rally, but there's a catch

Your day-ahead look for April 6, 2026

A bulk carrier shrouded in mist awaits entry to the Strait of Hormuz (Getty)

Markets

Bitcoin rallies on report of Iran ceasefire talks, Algorand extends gains

If a ceasefire materializes, a relief rally could further benefit risk assets. For now, traders appear to be treating the headlines with skepticism.

Aerial view of Islamabad, Pakistan.

Markets

IMF warns tokenization could bring crypto risks into global financial markets

Tokenization could amplify volatility through automated markets and smart contracts, the report said.

Price chart on a mobile phone lying next to laptop (Aidan Hancock/Unsplash)

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Markets

Inflation takes center stage: Crypto Week Ahead

Your look at what's coming in the week starting April 6.

U.S. Federal Reserve headquarters in Washington (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Mercado Libre shuts down Mercado Coin, ending its loyalty-driven crypto experiment

Starting April 17, users will no longer be able to buy, sell or earn cashback in Mercado Coin, but can sell, spend, or have the token converted to local currency.

A person holding a payments card sits at a computer (Rupixen/Unsplash)

Tech

Coinbase’s Base to focus on tokenized markets, stablecoins, developers this year

The move comes as the chain distances itself from Optimism technology and toward in-house infrastructure as it seeks greater independence and scale.

Coinbase CEO, Brian Armstrong, at Consensus 2019 (CoinDesk)

Finance

Forex startup OpenFX raises $94 million to expand stablecoin-powered cross-border payments

The company acts as a bridge between traditional banking and digital assets, enabling faster and cheaper foreign-exchange conversions for businesses moving large sums of money.

Stacks of 100 dollar bills (Dmytro Glazunov/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Markets

Bearish sentiment builds in crypto as volatility and hedging rise

Bitcoin’s brief rally faded amid war-driven oil price surge, rising volatility and declining futures interest, signaling growing caution across crypto markets.

BTC/USD (CoinDesk Data)