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

21Shares Polkadot ETF Plan Progresses With Nasdaq Filing for Listing Approval

The filing comes as 21Shares expands its crypto ETF offerings, including funds for XRP and Solana.

Two people work on a paper document surrounded by laptops.

Research Reports

Boerse Stuttgart’s BX Digital Receives FINMA Approval for Digital Asset Trading

The platform, utilizing Ethereum’s blockchain, aims to streamline transactions for tokenized financial instruments and enhance capital market efficiency.

Stuttgart Stock Exchange, owner of Boerse Stuttgart Digital (Boerse Stuttgart)

Finance

Xapo Bank Offers Bitcoin-Backed Loans Giving Access to $1M in Cash Without Selling BTC

The product is designed for long term holders of bitcoin who might be looking for a loan to buy or upgrade a property, or buy a new car, Xapo said.

Xapo CEO Seamus Rocca (Xapo)

Finance

Halliday Raises $20M for AI Protocol to Eliminate Writing Smart Contracts for DeFi

The Series A investment was led by venture capital giant a16z's crypto arm, following a $6 million seed round in 2022.

16:9 Halliday CEO Griffin Dunaif (Halliday)

Markets

DOGE, XRP Down 3% as Bitcoin Traders Eye Wednesday Fed Decision

Analysts from QCP Capital suggest that while a rate cut is unlikely, any dovish signal could ignite upside momentum for bitcoin, potentially lifting altcoins in its wake.

Photo of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell

Markets

MicroStrategy's Double Bottom May Be Signal for New Bull Run: Technical Analysis

MSTR's recent price action is exact inverse of the BTC topping pattern from January that warned of a price sell-off.

MSTR's price chart hints at bottoming pattern. (PublicDomainPictures/Pixabay)

Markets

Tether Raises Bitdeer Stake to 21%: SEC Filing

The USDT issuer first bought a stake in the bitcoin mining company in May 2024.

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino (Tether)

Markets

Hashdex Seeks to Expand U.S. Crypto ETF to Include Litecoin, XRP and Other Altcoins

The proposed amendment would include various cryptocurrencies in the in the Hashdex Nasdaq Crypto Index US ETF.

Stock market price charts (Anne Nygård/Unsplash)

Markets

Digital Asset Investment Outflow Extends Into Fifth Week

The exodus comes amid growing economic concerns and geopolitical tensions, despite the Trump administration’s pro-crypto stance.

Red Candles on Trading Charts.