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

NFT Market Sees 29% Daily Rise as CryptoPunk, Penguins Surge

The resurgence in NFT interest comes after a prolonged bear market, with sales volumes having plateaued around $400 million a month.

Pudgy Penguins is a collection of 8,888 unique penguins with proof of ownership stored on the Ethereum blockchain. (Screenshot: OpenSea)

Finance

Frank Chaparro, Former Block Reporter, Joins Crypto Trading Firm GSR

The new position will see Chaparro take up the role of GSR’s head of content and special projects.

Frank Chaparro (@fintechfrank X account)

Finance

Crypto Treasury Fever Spreads to Ethena as $360M SPAC Deal Targets ENA Accumulation

A new Ethena treasury firm named StablecoinX aims to be listed on the Nasdaq, lined up big-name crypto investors including Pantera, Galaxy, Dragonfly, Polychain.

Digitally altered photo of a dollar bill (Ryan Quintal/Unsplash, Modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

BitGo Files to Go Public as Crypto Market Surges Past $4 Trillion

The crypto custodian submitted a confidential U.S. listing as interest in public crypto stocks heats up.

Bitgo CEO Mike Belshe (CoinDesk archives)

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Markets

Conflux's CFX Price Doubles on Stablecoin Reveal, Upgrade Plans

Conflux is working with AnchorX and Eastcompeace Technology on a stablecoin pegged to the offshore yuan aimed at cross-border Belt and Road Initiative corridors.

Shanghai office blocks and a Chinese flag (asiastock/Shutterstock)

Tech

Ether.fi to Expand to HyperLiquid, Introduce ‘beHYPE’ Staking Token

The venture will initially offer a multisig-secured vault, preHYPE, that enables early deposits ahead of the full beHYPE rollout.

Three people, including Ether.fi CEO Mike Silagadze, sit on a stage at Consensus Hong Kong 2025.

Finance

Bit Digital Adds Nearly 20K ETH, Boosting Ether Treasury to Over $430M

The company recently exited its bitcoin mining business to focus on ether treasury operations.

Ethereum blockchain symbol abstract crystal

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Markets

Dinosaur Coins ETC, BCH and DOGE Roar Back as Altcoin Season Heats Up

Ethereum Classic leads Friday’s rally with a 20% breakout, as legacy altcoins surge on rising volume and leverage, but Bitcoin’s next move will determine if the momentum lasts.

(Leo Visions/Unsplash)

Finance

Decentralized Exchange dYdX Acquires Social Trading App Pocket Protector

The DEX also appointed Pocket Protector co-founder Eddie Zhang as president.

Heashot of dYdX founder Antonio Juliano (dYdX)