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

MicroStrategy Buys a Further 2,138 BTC, Adding to Stash for 8th Consecutive Week

The purchase takes MicroStrategy's total bitcoin holdings to 446,400 BTC.

Executive Chairman of MSTR, Michael Saylor (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

U.S. Debt Ceiling Looms in Signal for a Bitcoin Cycle Bottom

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said she expects the debt ceiling to be reached around the inauguration date for President-elect Donald Trump.

Printing press image via Shutterstock

Finance

HyperLiquid Releases Native Staking as HYPE Token Extends Its Rally

Stakers will secure the network and accrue rewards.

(Autumn_ schroe/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin to Hit Record Around $185K in 2025 as Nation States Buy: Galaxy Research

The move higher will be driven by institutional, corporate and nation-state adoption, the report said.

Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz: ‘Crypto Revolution Is Here’

Markets

Bitcoin Institutional Adoption Accelerates as ETF Filings Show Investor Appetite

Multiple filings came in yesterday for bitcoin bond ETFs, one being to invest in MicroStrategy convertible securities.

The U.S. Dollar (Shutterstock)

Markets

Ethereum Co-founder Vitalik Buterin 'Adopts' Viral Hippo Moo Deng

Buterin’s $300,000 donation will support the Khao Kheow Open Zoo operations and the development of a dedicated exhibit for Moo Deng and her family.

Moo Deng (Youtube screenshot)

Markets

Bitcoin Kimchi Premium Spikes as South Korea's Political Turmoil Escalates

The South Korean won hit the lowest level against the dollar since March 2009.

Kimchi Premium Upbit vs Coinbase (CryptoQuant)

Markets

Memecoin Degens Raise Millions for Rare Cancer Research After a Father’s Plea

A profit opportunity led to nearly $100 million in trading volumes for a charity-themed memecoin. While some speculators lost money, the effort bore fruit for the original cause.

(Siqi Chen/GoFundMe)

Finance

Animoca Brands Founder Yat Siu's X Account Exploited to Promote Fake Token

The fake MOCA token on Solana exploited Animoca's links to Mocaverse and the Moca Network.

poly network attacker exploit hacker

Policy

Six Bitcoin Mutual Funds to Debut in Israel Next Week: Report

The Israel Securities Authority approval was granted last week, Calcalist reported.

Tel Aviv, Israel