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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Tech

Bitcoin Mining Pool ViaBTC Sells 'Epic' First Post-Halving Sat for $2.13M

The pool mined the first block after last week's halving, winning an "epic" sat in the process.

Auction (Shutterstock)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Drops Below $64K, Ether Falls

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for April 25, 2024.

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Policy

Jebara Igbara, AKA 'Jay Mazini,' Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison for Crypto-Related Fraud

Igbara perpetrated multiple fraud schemes and scammed investors of at least $8 million.

Jebara Igbara was sentenced to 7 years in prison. (Sasun Bughdaryan / Unsplash)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Woo X Claims a First With Tokenized Treasury Bills for Retail Investors

The Woo X RWA Earn Vaults have been built in partnership with institutional tokenization firm OpenTrade.

DeFi, T-bill, Yield, Paradigm

Tech

The Bitcoin Halving Is Here, and With It a Giant Surge in Transaction Fees

The launch of Casey Rodarmor's new Runes protocol sent fees surging as users rushed to etch new digital tokens that can be launched atop the Bitcoin blockchain.

Screenshot of livestreamed watch party hosted by Tone Vays (YouTube)

Markets

Crypto Markets Will Be Driven by Macro Factors Following the Halving, Coinbase Says

These influences include rising geopolitical tensions, higher interest rates for longer, reflation and ballooning national debts, the report said.

Globe, World (Kyle Glenn/Unsplash)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Price Bounces as Halving Nears

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for April 19, 2024.

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Finance

Tether Seeks to Boost Peer-to-Peer Payments on Telegram by Expanding Dollar, Gold Stablecoins to TON Network

The TON network has seen rapid growth recently helped by incentives for onboarding Telegram users.

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino (Tether)

Finance

Bitcoin Miners Are Better Positioned for the Halving This Time Round: Benchmark

Bitcoin's rally in the past six months will help cushion crypto miners from the effects of the 50% cut in their earned rewards, the report said.

(Artem Oleshko/Shutterstock)

Markets

Bitcoin Halving Partially Priced In With No Big Rally Expected Afterward: Deutsche Bank

Crypto prices are likely to stay high in anticipation of spot ether ETF approvals, central bank rate cuts and regulatory changes, the report said.

Bitmain Antminer S19 Hydro mining rigs, the company's latest technology, installed at a Merkle Standard facility in Washington state. (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)