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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Finance

Thai Crypto Exchange Bitkub Plans 2025 IPO: Bloomberg

The exchange's owner signaled its intention to sell shares to the public in a 2023 letter that didn't give a timeframe.

(Unsplash)

Tech

Meme Coins on Degen Chain Flourish as New Layer 3 Racks up Millions in Volumes

Degen Chain was released last week as a specialized network that sits atop Base, which itself is an Ethereum layer 2.

image of a crypto trader aka degen (Anjo Clacino/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

Binance Executives File Suit Against Nigeria: Local Media

The two Binance executives held in Nigeria after being invited for consultations filed suit against two government agencies for allegedly violating their human rights.

(Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Tech

Solana Foundation Says It Can Filter Through the Offensive Meme Coin Problem

Panelists at a BUIDL Asia summit argue racist meme coins can be handled with a filter.

A standing Austin Federa talks on stage at BUIDL Asia 2024

Policy

Craig Wright Assets Frozen by UK Judge to Prevent Him Evading Court Costs

Judge James Mellor found earlier this month that Wright was not, as he'd claimed, Bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto.

Craig Wright heading to COPA trial on March 1  (Camomile Shumba/CoinDesk)

Markets

MicroStrategy Slumps 14% After Short Seller Says Stock Trades at an Unjustifiable Premium to Bitcoin

The bitcoin price implied by MicroStrategy’s share price is $177K, two and a half times the spot price of the cryptocurrency, the report said.

Michael Saylor, executive chairman of MicroStrategy (Michael.com)

Markets

Dogecoin Bets Jump to $2B as Price Reaches Highest Level Since 2021

DOGE prices tend to move on speculation about the token's use on X, the Elon Musk-owned social media giant.

(Dogecoin)

Markets

Over $1B in U.S. Treasury Notes Has Been Tokenized on Public Blockchains

Tokenized Treasuries are digital representations of U.S. government bonds that can be traded as tokens on the blockchain.

DeFi, T-bill, Yield, Paradigm

Markets

Bitcoin Halving Could Bolster ETF Tailwinds for the Cryptocurrency: Canaccord

If history repeats itself, an even more bullish period for bitcoin and crypto markets could be on the horizon in the months following the halving, the report said.

windsock with hang glider in the distance

Policy

Indonesia Will Require Crypto Products to Pass Through Regulatory Sandbox or Be Deemed Illegal

The initiative is aimed at combating fraud and will kick in at the start of next year.

Indonesia's parliament building (Shutterstock)