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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Finance

FTX estate sets next creditor payout date as Genesis Digital Assets fights $1 billion clawback suit

FTX’s bankruptcy wind-down is still running on two tracks: returning money to creditors while trying to take it back from others.

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Tech

The Protocol: Vitalik Buterin flags stablecoin design flaws

Also: Zcash token falls after developer quits, Smart Cashtags and BTC quantum computing defense

Vitalik Buterin

Markets

Bitcoin rallies past $97,000 as investors seek haven assets

The largest cryptocurrency extended its rally, pushing related equities higher as well.

Bitcoin price chart (Source: CoinDesk)

Finance

Bybit Pay links with digital wallets Yape, Plin to offer crypto payments in Peru

Users can spend stablecoins and major cryptocurrencies which are automatically converted into Peruvian soles at the point of sale.

Bybit app on an iphone (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

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Finance

Germany’s second-largest lender DZ Bank secures retail crypto trading MiCA license

DZ Bank will "shortly" roll out a crypto trading platform for cooperative banks to offer to clients.

(Photo: DZ BANK Press Office/Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin clears $94,500 as altcoins steal the spotlight: Crypto Markets Today

Crypto markets pushed higher on Wednesday after bitcoin broke above a key resistance level, triggering heavy liquidations and paving the way for sharp gains across altcoins.

Iranian flag

Markets

MetaPlanet just 5% away from restarting share sales for bitcoin buying

Metaplanet shares approached the 637 yen trigger that reactivates the company’s moving strike warrants and unlocks hundreds of millions for new bitcoin purchases.

Close up of the red circle at the center of the Japanese flag. (DavidRockDesign/Pixabay)

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Finance

Binance Wallet unlocks in-app leveraged crypto futures trading with Aster team-up

Binance Wallet's new feature allows users to trade leveraged futures directly from their crypto wallets through an integration with decentralized exchange Aster.

A wallet lies on top of a number of dollar bills. (slendersnakewallet/Pixabay)

Markets

Bitcoin options open interest extends dominance over futures, damping BTC volatility

Bitcoin options open interest continues to outpace futures, marking a move away from leverage-driven speculation toward volatility and risk-management strategies.

The word "options" (Peggy_Marco/Pixabay)