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.

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VIRTUAL Surges 28% as Upbit Listing Exposes the Token to Altcoin Savvy South Koreans

VIRTUAL is the native token of the AI launchpad Virtuals Protocol, a Base-native that recently expanded to Solana.

Jan 31, 2025

VIRTUAL price spike. (CoinDesk)

Apollo Unveils Tokenized Private Credit Fund as Blockchain Deepens TradFi Links

The Apollo Diversified Credit Fund digital offering marks the first integration for Securitize with the Solana and Ink blockchains.

Jan 30, 2025

Statue of Apollo by Johann Baptist Hagenauer in Schönbrunn Palace Park, Germany

Crypto Critic and Former Senator Bob Menendez Gets 11 Years in Prison for Bribery

Menendez is a former senator from New Jersey and a Democrat.

Jan 30, 2025

Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) exits Manhattan federal court on July 16 as a jury found Menendez guilty of accepting bribes. (Adam Gray/Getty Images)

World’s Largest Sovereign Wealth Fund Has Indirect Bitcoin Exposure of More Than $355M

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund saw a 153% year-over-year increase in indirect bitcoin exposure in 2024, according to K33 Research.

Jan 30, 2025

Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) sees non direct bitcoin exposure soar past $350 million (Shutterstock)

Crypto Daybook Americas

Crypto Daybook Americas: Litecoin Leads on Optimistic ETF Signal as Market Rallies After Powell Talks

Your day-ahead look for Jan. 30, 2025

Jan 30, 2025

Bitcoin, ether price chart for Jan. 30, 2025

Core Scientific Top AI Pick in Bitcoin Miners Despite DeepSeek Dislocation: Bernstein

The shares are now available at a deep discount, the report said.

Jan 30, 2025

Core Scientific's Marble facility in North Carolina. (Core Scientific)

Avalanche Blockchain's December Upgrade Cut Usage Fees by 75%

The upgrade was designed to make Avalanche cheaper. It worked.

Jan 30, 2025

Avalanche average transaction cost has dropped sharply since the mid-December upgrade. (Bitquery)

Ether's Worst Showing Versus Bitcoin Highlights Cycle of Diminishing Returns: Van Straten

The two tokens' relative performance is more a sign of bitcoin strength than ether's weakness, one observer said.

Jan 30, 2025

Ethereum: ETH/BTC Ratio Since Cycle Low (Glassnode)

Digital Currency Group Spins Off Crypto Mining Subsidiary Fortitude From Foundry

Fortitude Mining will produce bitcoin and other proof-of-work tokens.

Jan 29, 2025

Racks of crypto mining machines.

Crypto Daybook Americas

Crypto Daybook Americas: Trump Exports Bitcoin Enthusiasm as Price Rebounds, Investors Eye FOMC

Your day-ahead look for Jan. 29, 2025

Jan 29, 2025

Jan. 29 2025 (CCData)