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

Digital Asset Treasuries Lead Crypto Stock Sell-Off as Bitcoin Falls to $84K

Strategy fell to the lowest since October, 2024, and ether and solana treasury plays including BitMine, Sharplink, Solana Company, Upexi tumbled nearly 10%.

Bear roaring

Policy

European Authorities Seize $1.51B Bitcoin-Mixing Service Cryptomixer

Europol dismantled a crypto-mixing platform it said is used by ransomware groups and darknet markets to launder bitcoin, seizing servers, data and $29 million in BTC.

Crime (David von Diemar/Unsplash)

Policy

Canada Eyes Stablecoin Rules as Scotiabank Flags Limited Market Impact

Scotiabank said Ottawa’s move toward a stablecoin framework is more about modernizing payments than reshaping broader financial markets.

Stablecoin networks (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Strategy Still the Premier Bitcoin Proxy, Benchmark Says, Rejecting ‘Doom’ Narrative

The broker said fears over Strategy’s solvency are misplaced and the stock remains the strongest asymmetric bet on bitcoin.

Michael Saylor, Executive Chairman of Strategy (MSTR)

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Markets

Filecoin Slumps More Than 10%

The drop came as crypto markets fell across the board, with the CoinDesk 20 Index down nearly 7%.

"Filecoin (FIL) Falls 1.30% to $1.46 Amid Targeted Selling Pressure"

Markets

Crypto Markets Today: Hawkish BOJ Comments Spur Sharp BTC Downturn

A sharp sell-off following the CME bitcoin futures open, compounded by hawkish signals from the Bank of Japan, dragged the CoinDesk 20 down nearly 6% on Monday.

Bull vs bear (Midjourney/Modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

CNBC Veteran Jay Yarow Joins CoinDesk to Expand Media and Events

Yarow will oversee CoinDesk Insights as its parent company looks to expand digital asset coverage across the globe.

Headshot of Jay Yarow

Markets

Ethereum's Fusaka Upgrade, Grayscale Chainlink Trust: Crypto Week Ahead

Your look at what's coming in the week starting Dec. 1.

Ethereum (CoinDesk)

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Finance

Meet the Billion-Dollar Crypto Founder Who Started Trading at 9 Years Old

Denis Dariotis, the youthful founder and CEO of cryptocurrency-focused trading software firm GoQuant, talks about building a billion-dollar-a-day trading startup during his formative years.

Denis Dariotis, founder and CEO of GoQuant

Markets

Bitcoin Dominance Defies Pattern During 30% Decline, Dropping Instead of Climbing

A fast 36% reset for bitcoin marked by unusual dominance behavior and a market wide deleveraging.

BTC Dominance vs BTCUSD (TradingView)