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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Policy

SEC chair says 'time is right' for pension funds to include crypto, CFTC head says digital assets set to flourish

SEC Chair Paul Atkins and CFTC Chair Mike Selig said they are working with the Senate to get a crypto market structure bill over the line.

SEC Chairman Paul Atkins (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Ethereum OGs revive the DAO with $220 million security fund, Unchained reports

According to the report, $13.5 million will be allocated to security grants distributed through DAO-style mechanisms

Ethereum Logo

Markets

Crypto Markets Today: Largest tokens decline, with derivatives signaling caution ahead

Even though the Fed's decision to hold interest rates was widely expected, geopolitical tensions and a rotation into haven assets left crypto traders facing a sea of red.

roaring bear

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Markets

More than half of bitcoin investors are officially underwater as the $88,000 price level fails to hold

Most invested bitcoin supply sits above current prices, increasing price vulnerability if key support levels fail.

Invested Wealth (Checkonchain)

Markets

Weaker dollar fails to spur bitcoin gains, but there's a reason for that

Gold and other hard assets are rallying on dollar weakness, but bitcoin is lagging as markets continue to treat it as a liquidity-sensitive risk asset.

A bear

Policy

Coinbase opposition won't stymie U.S. crypto market structure bill, HSBC says

The bank argued that legislative momentum remains strong as industry heavyweights prioritize long-term regulatory certainty over unpredictable enforcement.

The U.S. Capitol.

Policy

UK advertising watchdog bans Coinbase ads as 'irresponsible'

The ASA banned Coinbase adverts concluding they imply crypto could ease the country's cost-of-living crisis.

The "eggs now out of budget" Coinbase ad censured by the Advertising Standards Authority. (Photo by Sheldon Reback/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Markets

Long-term bitcoin holders resume selling as price lags behind traditional markets

Long-term bitcoin holders are selling at the fastest pace since August as the cryptocurrency's price lags behind broader financial markets.

BTC: Long-Term Holder Net Position Change (Glassnode)

Finance

WisdomTree expands tokenized fund access to Solana in multichain push

Both institutional and retail investors will be able to mint, trade and hold the tokenized funds on Solana through WisdomTree Connect and WisdomTree Prime.

A tree stands in silhouette against the setting sun. (dp Photography/Shutterstock)