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.

Latest from Sheldon Reback

Finance

Memecoin Creators Hop on U.S. Election Mania With Thousands of New Tokens

More than 1,000 memecoins related to the U.S. presidential election have been issued on Solana in the past 24 hours.

Nov 5, 2024

New meme coin narrative emerges (Darren Halstead/Unsplash)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Crypto Market Little Changed as U.S. Votes

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Nov. 5, 2024.

Nov 5, 2024

Markets

Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Tops 100T for First Time, Piling Pressure on Small Miners

The Bitcoin hashrate, on a seven-day moving average, hit a record high of 755 EH/s last week.

Nov 5, 2024

BTC: Miner percent mined supply spent (Glassnode)

Markets

Metaplanet Gains First Index Listing With Inclusion on CoinShares' BLOCK Index

The company's stock is the best-performing Japanese equity this year, having gained nearly 840%, according to Investing.com.

Nov 5, 2024

Markets

Bitcoin Hits Record High Against BlackRock's U.S. Treasury ETF as Investors Search for Returns: Van Straten

At the same time, crypto investors are looking to reduce risk ahead of the U.S. election, driving bitcoin's crypto-market dominance to a cycle high.

Nov 4, 2024

U.S. Treasury Department (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Markets

First Mover Americas: BTC Little Changed as U.S. Election Enters Final Stretch

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Nov. 4, 2024.

Nov 4, 2024

Markets

Bitcoin Likely to Rally After the U.S. Election, Irrespective of Who Wins, History Shows: Van Straten

Whether Kamala Harris or Donald Trump becomes U.S. president probably won't dictate bitcoin’s price growth.

Nov 4, 2024

The White House in Washington D.C. (Tabrez Syed/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Mining Revenue, Profit Fell in October for a Fourth Consecutive Month: JPMorgan

The network's monthly average hashrate surged to a record high, the report said.

Nov 1, 2024

Markets

Bitcoin's Drop on Thursday Spurred Panic Sales Among Short-Term Holders: Van Straten

Over $2 billion worth of bitcoin was sent to exchanges at a loss on Thursday, the most since August's yen carry trade unwind, as bitcoin fell below $70,000.

Nov 1, 2024

BTC: Transfer Volume from STHs in Loss to Exchanges (Glassnode)

Markets

Harris Odds Rise on Polymarket as 'Election Fraud' Allegations Ramp Up Trump Hedge Bets

At current prices, a $10,000 punt on Harris could equal a $25,000 payout if she wins the U.S. presidential election.

Nov 1, 2024

Trump and Harris debating on CNN. (Sam Reynolds/CoinDesk)