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 and collapse. He managed the Bloomberg Terminal's main news page and worked on a global project to produce short, chart-based stories across the newsroom. Before that, he worked 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

Bit Digital Shares Slide 8% on $135M Upsized Convertible Note

The crypto miner increased the offering from $100 million and plans to use proceeds to buy ether.

BTBT Share Price (TradingView)

Markets

Citizens Starts Circle Coverage With Market Perform Rating on Stablecoin Growth, Valuation

Circle is positioned to benefit from surging stablecoin adoption and supportive regulation, but the company’s valuation already reflects much of the upside.

Circle Internet President Heath Tarbert

Finance

Gate Rolls Out Token Launcher ‘Gate Fun’ on New Layer-2 Network

The exchange’s new token launchpad lets users create and trade tokens in minutes, expanding the ecosystem around Gate Layer, its recently launched OP Stack–based blockchain.

Gate (Gate)

Markets

CoreWeave Stock Surges on $14.2B Meta AI Deal, Core Scientific Merger Looms

CoreWeave secures $14.2 billion dollar Meta contract, draws bullish analyst coverage, and awaits Core Scientific merger vote.

CRWV Share Price (TradingView)

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Policy

Investment Platform IG Wins FCA Approval for Crypto License, Expands UK Offering

The license win will allow IG to expand its crypto services and cement its position as a multi-asset trading platform.

UK FCA building (FCA)

Markets

Crypto Markets Today: BTC, ETH Hold Gains as Aster’s Leverage-Fueled Volume Hits $64B

BTC and ETH edge higher as derivatives metrics flash a tentative bullish tilt, while new DEX Aster grabs $64B in daily volume with extreme leverage despite weak token performance.

Aster hits $64 billion in daily volume as traders flock to leverage (Creative Commons)

Markets

Bitcoin Options Tied to BlackRock’s IBIT Are Now Wall Street’s Favorite

Open interest in IBIT contracts hit nearly $38 billion after Friday’s expiry, versus $32 billion on Deribit, which had dominated the market since 2016.

Massive crypto options expiry looms. (Yashowardhan Singh/Unsplash)

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Finance

Chainlink, UBS Advance $100T Fund Industry Tokenization via Swift Workflow

The solution uses CRE to process subscriptions and redemptions for tokenized funds, enabling institutions to access blockchain infrastructure using existing tools.

Stock market price charts (Anne Nygård/Unsplash)

Finance

Deutsche Börse, Circle to Integrate Stablecoins Into European Market Infrastructure

The deal marks the first collaboration between a major European exchange operator and a global stablecoin issuer, the companies said.

Deutsche Börse trading floor