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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Metaplanet to Raise $1.4B in International Share Sale, Stock Jumps 16%

The bitcoin treasury company secured funds for its bitcoin-buying strategy including a $30 million commitment from Nakamoto Holdings.

3350 Share Price (TradingView)

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BNB Price Rise to $884 Short-Lived as Market Sell-Off Cuts Gains

Binance set a record $2.63 trillion in futures trading volume in August. BNB can be used for trading fee discounts on the exchange.

BNBUSD price chart (CoinDesk Data)

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ICP Drops 3% as Rally Stalls at $5.05 Resistance

ICP rebounded to $5.05 after Ignition milestone enabled on-chain LLMs, expanding blockchain’s potential for AI-powered dapps.

BONK, Sept. 09 2025 (CoinDesk)

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BONK Surges 9% as Even as Memecoin Interest Shifts to Newer Tokens

BONK rallied 9% in a volatile session, testing resistance at $0.000024 even as newer meme tokens gained attention.

BONK, Sept. 09 2025 (CoinDesk)

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PEPE Rallies 10% in a Week, Outpaces Bitcoin and Other Major Tokens

The CoinDesk Memecoin Index (CDMEME) rose more than 11% in the week, outperforming bitcoin’s 1.4% move.

PEPEUSD price chart (CoinDesk Research)

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Crypto Market Today: WLD, MYX Surge as Gold Hits Inflation-Adjusted Record High

Smaller tokens are having a blast as major cryptocurrencies recover from the decline late on Friday.

Gold bars (Linda Hamilton/Pixabay)

Tech

SwissBorg’s SOL Earn Wallet Exploited for $41.5M After Partner's API Is Compromised

Roughly 192,600 SOL was drained from a counterparty wallet tied to a SOL Earn product on Swissborg. The crypto exchange committed to making the losses whole.

A hand holds dollar flaming bills (JP Valery/Unsplash)

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Nebius-Microsoft $17.4B Deal Lifts AI Mining Stocks in Pre-Market Trading

Nebius surges 47%, Cipher Mining and IREN both advance on speculation of more AI infrastructure partnerships.

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Market Storm Likely After September Fed Interest-Rate Cut, VIX Suggests

October VIX futures are trading at an extreme premium to September futures, pointing to post-Fed turbulence.

Ship facing turbulent waters. (Pixabay)