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

Bitcoin Whales Scoop Up BTC as Price Nears Record High in Sign of Growth Expectations

Large holders are accumulating aggressively while smaller investors are selling.

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Markets

Bitcoin's Potential Bull Market Resistance: $115K or $223K?

The analysis of linear and log-scaled price charts reveal potential resistance levels for BTC.

Statue of a bull (ianproc64/Pixabay)

Policy

U.S. Secret Service Quietly Becomes a Leading Crypto Cop as Digital Fraud Soars: Bloomberg

Industry partners like Coinbase and Tether have assisted in large-scale recoveries, including $225 million in USDT tied to romance-investment scams

16:9 Online crime (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay)

Finance

Bank of Canada Identifies Technical Path for Retail CBDC in New Research Paper

The study outlines a viable system design for a Canadian digital dollar with high privacy and speed.

Mark Carney (Liberal Party)

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Markets

BONK Eyes Breakout as ETF Buzz and Burn Trigger Spark Fresh Rally

BONK rallies on ETF speculation and nears 1M holders, setting up a 1T token burn that could tighten supply and boost prices further.

BONK, July 4 2025 (CoInDesk)

Finance

Hackers Behind $140M Brazil Banking Heist Turn to Crypto to Launder Their Loot

ZachXBT estimates that between $30 million and $40 million has been swapped to crypto through OTC desks and exchanges.

Brazil's flag (Rafaela Biazi/Unsplash)

Finance

Ondo Finance to Buy SEC-Regulated Broker Oasis Pro for U.S. Tokenized Stock Push

The deal, pending regulatory approval, would give Ondo licenses to operate a broker-dealer, ATS and transfer agent for digital securities in the U.S.

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Markets

PEPE Slips 6% as Whales Load Up, Technicals Hint at Possible Bounce Amid Market Jitters

Despite the price drop, large addresses, or "whale" wallets, have grown their PEPE holdings by over 5% in the past month.

PEPE's Price Chart (CoinDesk Data)

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Markets

Nano Labs Buys $50M in BNB in $1B Plan to Hold Up to 10% of Supply

The purchase is part of a larger plan and brings Nano Labs' total digital asset reserves to around $160 million.

Photo of a circuit board containing computer chips

Markets

Bitcoin on the Brink of All-Time High as Macro Tailwinds Gather Strength

Record equity markets, surging money supply and fiscal risks set the stage for a historic July rally in the largest cryptocurrency.

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