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

Crypto Market Maker DWF Labs Establishes $250M Liquid Fund

DWF Labs emerged as a prolific crypto investor in 2023, with investments involving buying several million dollars' worth of a project's token.

DWF Labs managing partner Andrei Grachev (LinkedIn)

Markets

XRP, DOGE Rise, Ether Burn Falls to Record Low as Traders Eye This Week's U.S. Data

A risk-off mood persists but is weakened on Monday amid reports suggesting that U.S. tariffs, due on April 2, might be more measured than initially expected.

Computer screens show a security's price graph (PIX1861/Pixabay)

Finance

German Regulator Identifies 'Deficiencies' in Ethena's USDe, Orders Immediate Issuance Halt

Ethena's ENA token is down by 6.5% in the past 24 hours.

(nitpicker/Shutterstock)

Markets

HK Asia Holdings Buys More Bitcoin in Hedge Against Depreciation of Fiat Currencies

The company bought another 10 bitcoin, signaling confidence in crypto as a long-term asset strategy.

FastNews (CoinDesk)

Policy

Trump Administration Eyes Blockchain for Foreign Aid in USAID Overhaul: Report

The plan aims to integrate blockchain technology into the procurement system to enhance security, transparency, and traceability of aid distributions.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Digital Asset Summit in New York City. (Nikhilesh De)

Markets

Real-World Assets Cross $10 Billion in Total Value Locked: DeFiLlama

Growth comes from increases in TVL on Ethena USDtb and BlackRock's BUIDL.

A Treasury Bill

Markets

What the Collapse of the U.S. Bitcoin ETF Cash-and-Carry Trade Means for Investors

Inflows into U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs have stagnated this year compared with 2024.

CME Basis Trade (The Tie Terminal)

Finance

Data Storage Protocol Walrus Raises $140M in Token Sale Ahead of Mainnet Launch

The mainnet of the protocol, originally developed by Mysten Labs and built on layer-1 blockchain Sui, will launch on March 27

16:9 Walrus (Joffi2017/Pixabay)