Sheldon Reback

Regional Head of Europe

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.

Latest from Sheldon Reback

Tech

Ethereum’s Dencun Upgrade Could Mean Near-Zero Fees for Layer-2 Blockchains: Fidelity Digital Assets

The upgrade is the first step toward enabling the network’s rollup-centric roadmap, the report said.

Mar 7, 2024

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin (center) at the Kyive Tech Summit (Kyiv Tech Summit)

Finance

Figment, Apex to List Ether and Solana Staking ETPs on SIX Swiss Exchange

Interest in ETH and SOL has increased substantially over the past few months and the ETPs will contribute to greater access to staking rewards for a wide audience, Figment said.

Mar 7, 2024

View of Zug, Switzerland, from the lake, with mountains in background. (Louis Droege/Unsplash)

Markets

This Bitcoin Rally Seems Different in Several Ways, But One Thing Stays the Same

As in previous bull runs, bitcoin's latest surge coincides with a burst of tech optimism on Wall Street. So traders might want to keep a close eye on a potential decline in the Nasdaq-to-S&P 500 ratio.

Mar 7, 2024

Finance

Web3 App Store Magic Square Unveils $66M Grant Program

Magic Square's Ecosystem Grant Program consists of 120 million SQR, equivalent to 12% of the token's total supply.

Mar 6, 2024

Markets

First Mover Americas: What Comes After BTC’s Flirt With Record High

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for March 6, 2024.

Mar 6, 2024

Markets

Bitcoin Rally May Slow as Order-Book Imbalance Hints at Profit Taking

The gap between liquidity on the ask and bid sides of the order book within 2% of the market price has widened to nearly five times is usual value, according to data tracked by Kaiko.

Mar 6, 2024