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

Strive Starts $500M Preferred Stock 'At-The-Market' Program for Bitcoin Purchases

The new preferred stock offering, SATA, strengthens Strive’s capital options as it expands its bitcoin focused strategy.

ASST (TradingView)

Finance

Cascade Unveils 24/7 Neo-Brokerage Offering Perpetuals on Cryptos, U.S. Stocks

The platform will let retail traders use one margin account to trade round-the-clock perpetual markets.

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Policy

Do Kwon Judge Demands Answers Before Sentencing Over ‘Assurance’ He’ll Serve Time

Judge asked whether Kwon might be freed abroad and asked for details on victims, time-served credit and unresolved charges ahead of sentencing.

Do Kwon (CoinDesk archives)

Policy

Regulatory Battle Over Tokenized U.S. Stocks Escalates, HSBC Says

Citadel Securities has urged the SEC to treat decentralized finance trading venues like traditional exchanges, a stance facing opposition from the crypto industry.

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Markets

IREN Raises $2.3B, Repurchases Debt in Balance Sheet Overhaul

The bitcoin miner extended maturities, reduced coupon costs and strengthened its capital structure.

IREN (TradingView)

Crypto Daybook Americas

No Direction: Crypto Daybook Americas

Your day-ahead look for Dec. 9, 2025

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Markets

Crypto Markets Today: Bitcoin Slips Back Toward Danger Zone Ahead of Fed Decision

Bitcoin surrendered gains from earlier in the week, fell back toward $90,000 as traders braced for Wednesday’s Federal Reserve rate decision.

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Markets

HashKey Seeks $215 Million in Hong Kong IPO While Racing Against Its Cash Burn Rate

HashKey's prospectus highlights surging institutional volume, expanding staking and tokenization pipelines and more than 1.44 million users, while losses and a US$5.2 million monthly burn rate loom over one of Asia’s largest regulated crypto bets.

CoinDesk

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Markets

SGX's Crypto Futures Draw New Liquidity, Not Diverted Cash, Exchange's President Says

Institutions are pursuing cash-and-carry arbitrage, not outright bullish plays, Syn said.

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Markets

ICP Rises, Keeping Price Above Key Support Levels

Internet Computer rose, keeping the price above the $3.40 support zone, with early session volume spikes failing to produce a sustained breakout.

ICP-USD, Dec. 8 (CoinDesk)