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

After 4 Straight Monday Declines, What's on the Cards for Bitcoin?

Over the past three months, weekends have underperformed weekdays, due to global uncertainty.

Bitcoin: Daily Price Performance (Glassnode)

Markets

Bitcoin, S&P 500 Struggle Below Key Technical Level in Sign of Further BTC Price Drops

Short-term bitcoin holders have sold over 100,000 BTC since February.

Chart of the bitcoin price (TradingView)

Policy

Trump Family Held Talks to Buy Stake in Binance.US: WSJ

The talks began after Binance reached out to Trump allies last year to strike a deal for the exchange's return to the U.S, according to report.

Trump in the Oval Office

Markets

Crypto Trading Volumes Dropped 20% in February as Tariffs Threats Fazed Investors

Spot and derivatives trading slid to a four-month low as macroeconomic concerns weighed on investor sentiment.

Close up of a person's leg as they run across a sand dune.

Markets

Why Strategy's Preferred Stock, STRK, Is Defying MSTR's Downturn

STRK has risen 3% since its February launch, while MSTR has dropped over 20%.

MSTR vs STRK (TradingView)

Markets

Bitcoin Miner Bitdeer Increases BTC Holdings by 75% to 1,039 BTC in Two Months

The company redirected mining rigs to self-mining as customer delayed payments during bitcoin's price drop..

(Bitdeer Group)

Tech

Binance Labs-Backed Network Hemi Debuts $440M Mainnet to 'Unify' Bitcoin, Ethereum

Hemi Labs has signed up dozens of protocols, including decentralized exchange (DEX) Sushi, liquid staking token pumpBTC and oracles RedStone and Pyth.

Photo of Jeff Garzik, co-founder of Hemi Labs

Markets

U.S. Treasury Market Most Volatile in 4 Months May Slow Any Bitcoin Price Recovery After CPI

Increased volatility in the Treasury market often leads to reduced risk taking in financial markets.

BTCUSD vs MOVE. (TradingView/CoinDesk)