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

Bitcoin Rally Leaves More Than 97% of Addresses in Profit, Blockchain Data Show

Most bitcoin addresses bought coins at prices lower than the going market rate, according to IntoTheBlock.

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Markets

Bitcoin Claims All-Time High in Euros, Takes Aim at U.S. Dollar Record

The largest cryptocurrency is now just 5% away from its 2021 high in U.S. dollar terms, having already reached records in other currencies.

ECB chief Christine Lagarde (Center for Global Development/Flickr)

Policy

Nigeria Government Demands $10B From Crypto Exchange Binance: BBC

A spokesperson for the president later denied an amount had been set, People's Gazette reported.

Nigerian flag (Emmanuel Ikwuegbu/Unsplash)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Is Bitcoin Rallying Ahead of Schedule?

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for March 1, 2024.

Bitcoin call-put skews

Markets

Worldcoin’s WLD Drops as Elon Musk Sues OpenAI

WLD is considered a proxy bet on OpenAI, the Sam Altman-owned artificial intelligence company.

(Steve Jurvetson/Wikimedia Commons)

Policy

Nigeria Detains Binance Executives as It Investigates the Crypto Exchange: Reports

The detentions are not necessarily arrests, a National Security spokesman told Bloomberg.

Nigerian flag (Emmanuel Ikwuegbu/Unsplash)

Markets

First Mover Americas: BTC Volatility Spikes, Crypto Derivatives Volume Surges

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Feb. 29, 2024.

Crypto derivatives trading volume. (Laevitas)

Finance

Solana Gaming Project MixMob Bags Stormtrooper NFT Licensing Rights

MXM, MixMob’s governance token on the Solana blockchain, operates the MXM Esports League and incentivizes players.

(Andrew Wulf/Unsplash)

Markets

Crypto Miners Still Selling Their Bitcoin as Reward Halving Looms, Blockchain Data Show

The number of bitcoin held in wallets tied to miners has dropped to the lowest since mid-2021.

New and old bitcoin mining rigs at CleanSpark's site in Georgia.

Markets

Shiba Inu Adopts Tech to Bring More Privacy to SHIB Token Holders

Shiba Inu ecosystem token TREAT will power a "new privacy layer" for the Shibarium blockchain.

Shiba inu dog