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

Crypto Investors Flee Spot Bitcoin, Ether ETFs on Tariff-Driven Uncertainty

The withdrawals took place even as prices zoomed higher alongside a risk-reset on Wall Street.

A man runs past a wall-painted exit pictogram toward a door.

Policy

Former Ethereum Developer Virgil Griffith Leaves Prison, Seeks Pardon

Griffith pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to violate international sanctions after giving a talk at a crypto conference in Pyongyang in 2019.

SANCTIONS CHARGE: Virgil Griffith is accused of violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act by allegedly telling North Korean government officials how to evade sanctions using cryptocurrency.

Finance

Wunder.Social Raises $50M Ahead of Token Offer to Build Bot-Free Social Media

The company uses blockchain tech to verify users and eliminate bots, and shares ad revenue with users, allowing them to fund causes they care about

16:9 Bots (Eric Krull/Unsplash)

Finance

Trump-Backed World Liberty Financial Begins Selling ETH as Losses Top $125M

It sold ETH at $1,465 after buying it at $3,259.

(World Liberty Financial)

Markets

First XRP ETF in U.S. Racks up $5M on Debut in Teucrium's 'Most Successful Launch'

The trading volume puts it among the top ETF product introductions, one market analyst said.

Fireworks explode in the night sky. (photogrammer7/Pixabay)

Finance

Kraken Teams Up With Mastercard to Introduce Crypto Debit Cards

The partnership will see the crypto exchange introduce physical and digital debit cards users will be able to use to spend their cryptocurrency throughout the world.

Mastercard debit card next to phone with price chart (CardMapr.nl/Unsplash)

Markets

Powell Likely to Wait Until Trump Blinks, 'Dr. Doom' Roubini Says

Roubini, known as Dr. Doom for predicting the 2008 financial meltdown, warned against relying on the Fed for a swift resolution to market instability.

Nouriel Roubini

Markets

ARK Invest Buys the Coinbase Dip, Adding $30M of Shares in 3 Days

Cathie Wood's investment company bought 199,401 shares in the past three days as the stock slumped.

Coinbase. (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Likely to Become More Volatile After Entering $70K–$80K 'Air Pocket'

Low supply concentration in this range may lead to heightened volatility.

URPD: BTC (Glassnode)