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

AI-Related Coins Slide as Google Search Shows Peak Retail Investor Interest

Spikes in crypto-related Google search queries have historically occurred at major market tops, validating legendary investor Warren Buffet's mantra of buying in doom and selling in boom.

(Growtika/Unsplash)

Markets

Dogecoin Bulls See $60M Liquidations in Biggest Hit Since 2021

Over $400 million in crypto longs were liquidated in the past 24 hours as major tokens slid as much as 10%.

Dogecoin futures set open interest record (Minh Pham/Unsplash)

Policy

FTX Victims View Bankruptcy Process as 'Second Act of Theft,' File to Recover $8B in Forfeited Assets

Attorneys for the victims said the bankruptcy process has left FTX customers feeling "aggrieved and robbed."

FTX logo (Adobe Firefly)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Crypto Majors Subdued After Fed's Hawkish Stance

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for June 17, 2024.

BTC price, FMA June 17 2024 (CoinDesk)

Markets

U.S.-Listed Bitcoin Miners Reached Record Total Market Cap of $22.8B in June: JPMorgan

Mining stocks outperformed bitcoin in the first half of the month as investors reacted positively to news of Core Scientific’s AI deal with CoreWeave, the report said.

New and old bitcoin mining rigs at CleanSpark's site in Georgia.

Policy

Financial Stability Board to Extend Its Work on Stablecoin Risks in Emerging and Developing Economies

Members of the global financial stability body discussed areas that "warrant further attention" in the crypto sector during a meeting in Toronto last week.

Bloomberg Editor Stacy Marie Ishmael, Financial Stability Board Chair and Dutch Central Bank Governor Klaas Knot at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in 2023. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finance

MicroStrategy Increases Convertible Note Offering by 40% to $700M in Bitcoin Splurge

The company's shares rose nearly 2% in the early Friday session following yesterday's tumble.

Michael Saylor, executive chairman of MicroStrategy (Michael.com)

Markets

First Mover: Bitcoin Struggles Near $67,000 as Cryptos Lag Behind Stocks

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for June 14, 2024.

Bitcoin price on June 14 (CoinDesk)

Policy

Nigeria Drops Tax Charges Against Binance Executives

The executives, Tigran Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla, are still named in a money-laundering case.

Tigran Gambaryan, Binance's head of crime compliance, is one of two executives detained in Nigeria. (Shutterstock/Consensus)

Policy

More Central Banks Are Exploring a CBDC, BIS Survey Finds

There's a greater chance of a wholesale CBDC being issued within six years than a retail one, according to the report.

BIS building (BIS)