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 and collapse. He managed the Bloomberg Terminal's main news page and worked on a global project to produce short, chart-based stories across the newsroom. Before that, he worked 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’s $1T Rout Exposes Fragile Market Structure, Deutsche Bank Says

The bitcoin price drop to $80,000 last week reflected a mix of macro pressure, fading regulatory momentum and thinning liquidity that has tested bitcoin’s maturity.

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Tech

Monad Blockchain Goes Live With 100B Token Supply and Airdrop

The total supply of MON is 100 billion tokens, with 10.8% currently unlocked and in circulation.

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Finance

Microcap Biotech Firm Raises $212M for Prediction Market Token Treasury Strategy

Enlivex Therapeutics is raising $212 million to invest in RAIN, the token of a blockchain-based prediction market, which will become its main treasury reserve asset.

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Crypto Daybook Americas

Where Next?: Crypto Daybook Americas

Your day-ahead look for Nov. 24, 2025

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Markets

Crypto Markets Today: Fear Dominates as Altcoins Lag, Bitcoin Tests Key Levels

Bitcoin’s struggle to reclaim the $90,000 range leaves the broader crypto market vulnerable, with altcoins suffering sharp liquidity-driven underperformance.

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Policy

ECB Doubles Down on Warning That Stablecoins Could Pose Global Financial Risks

The EU’s central bank says stablecoins draw value from eurozone banks and could pose a risk to global financial stability.

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Policy

Animoca Brands Wins Initial Abu Dhabi Approval to Operate Regulated Fund

Animoca Brands received in-principle approval from Abu Dhabi’s FSRA to operate as a regulated fund manager within ADGM.

Animoca Brands' co-founder and executive chairman Yat Siu speaks at Consensus Hong Kong (CoinDesk)

Markets

Grayscale Dogecoin, XRP Trusts Go Live, Cleanspark Earnings: Crypto Week Ahead

Your look at what's coming in the week starting Nov. 24.

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Tech

Sunrise Debut Streamlines Solana Token Imports as Monad Goes Live

The platform introduces a unified gateway that allows issuers and users to move tokens from any ecosystem into Solana.

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Finance

Could Stablecoins Spark a New Contagion? BIS Warns, Coinbase Pushes Back

Not all agree with some recent sentiment that stablecoins pose a threat to global financial stability.

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