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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Policy

Turkmenistan legalizes crypto mining and exchanges to boost the economy

The legislation aims to boost economic development and foreign investment while treating virtual assets strictly as property.

Turkmenistan

Markets

Internet Computer climbs back to $3 as short-term momentum improves

ICP pushed above the $3 level on rising activity, holding recent gains as traders reassess near-term direction.

ICP-USD, Jan. 2 (CoinDesk)

Markets

BONK jumps more than 10% in 24 hours as momentum pushes price higher

The Solana-based token passed through a key technical level before easing back into consolidation.

BONK-USD, Jan 2 (CoinDesk)

Policy

Korbit fined $1.9 million for anti money-laundering, customer verification breaches

The South Korean regulator slapped Korbit with a compliance penalty as the crypto exchange conducts talks to be bought by Mirae Asset.

Bright lights, people throng in Seoul shopping street

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Markets

Bitcoin got stuck after slumping 30% from its peak. Here's why.

The October flash crash exposed how fragile bitcoin’s rally had become. It also illustrated a fundamental change in how BTC is perceived.

Wall street signs, traffic light, New York City

Markets

Bitwise files for 11 'strategy' ETFs, tracking tokens including AAVE, ZEC, TAO

The exchange-traded funds will invest both directly and indirectly in the tokens.

Securities and Exchange Commission building

Markets

XRP and solana volatility in 2025 was twice as bumpy as bitcoin's

ETFs tied to altcoins need to pull in deeper liquidity to match BTC's chill.

A turbulent sea. (Ogutier/Pixabay)

Finance

Winklevoss-backed Cypherpunk buys $28 million of zcash, now owns 1.7% of supply

Cypherpunk Technologies boosted its zcash bet with a $28 million token purchase, lifting its holdings to 1.7% of ZEC’s circulating supply.

Gemini co-founders Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss at White House (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Markets

Grayscale sees regulation, not quantum fears, shaping crypto markets in 2026

U.S. market structure legislation is poised to be the dominant force for digital assets, while near-term concerns about quantum computing are overdone.

The U.S. Capitol.

Markets

Aptos gains as volume surge signals accumulation

APT broke through key resistance levels on institutional buying activity.

APT Price Rises 0.78% to $1.72 on Institutional Buy-In and Volume Surge