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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Finance

Bitcoin Payments App Strike to Offer BTC Lending in Boost to Reemergent Sector

"You shouldn’t have to sell the best-performing asset in human history to access cash. Now you don't have to," founder Jack Mallers wrote.

Jack Mallers, founder and CEO of Strike, stands on a stage at Bitcoin 2023. (Frederick Munawa)

Finance

Revolut to Roll Out Bitcoin Lightning Payments for Europe Users Through Lightspark

The integration will offer users cheaper, faster transactions using Lightspark's payment infrastructure built on top of the Bitcoin-based Lightning Network.

Revolut CEO Nikolay Storonsky (Stephen McCarthy/Web Summit via Sportsfile/Flickr)

Finance

Visa Doubles Down on Stablecoins With Investment in Blockchain Payments Firm BVNK

The deal follows BVNK's $50 million fundraising round that included Haun Ventures, Coinbase Ventures and Tiger Global.

A Visa card being held to next to a payment terminal. (CardMapr.nl/Unsplash)

Markets

BlackRock’s Spot Bitcoin ETF Tops World’s Largest Gold Fund in Inflows This Year

IBIT's outperformance indicates institutions' confidence in bitcoin's long-term prospects despite the cryptocurrency's relatively dour price performance.

IBIT races past GLD in terms of YTD inflows. (mibro/Pixabay)

Markets

Metaplanet Lifts Bitcoin Stash by 555 BTC, Plans to Sell Debt to Buy More

The Tokyo-based company earmarked the entire offering for EVO FUND only days after previously selling $25 million in bonds to the same buyer.

Tokyo, Japan (Jaison Lin/Unsplash)

Policy

ECB Establishes Innovation Hub to Test Digital Euro as Preparation Phase Nears End

The hub has 70 participants including Accenture, KPMG and CaixaBank.

European Union flag (Christian Lue/Unsplash)

Finance

Citi, Switzerland’s SDX Join Forces to Tokenize $75B Pre-IPO Shares Market

Citi will act as a custodian and issuer agent for tokenized assets on SDX’s digital Central Securities Depository (CSD) platform.

Close up of Citigroup logo on the side of a building.

Markets

Watch Out Bitcoin Bulls, $99.9K Price May Test Your Mettle

Bitcoin bulls may run into significant selling pressure at around $99,900, on-chain data show.

Attention BTC bulls, $99.9K may emerge as stiff resistance. (corgaasbeek/Pixabay)