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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Policy

Hong Kong Could Approve Spot Bitcoin, Ether ETFs as Early as Monday: Bloomberg

Expectations for Hong Kong to approve the ETF products are seen as one of the biggest market-moving events for the cryptocurrencies in the near term.

Hong Kong harbor skyline view into Kowloon

Policy

Australian Court Hands Over $41 Million of Crypto Held by Blockchain Mining Group at Regulator's Request

The court order came after markets regulator ASIC said the companies broke Australian law and provided financial services without a licence.

Sydney Opera House in Australia (Stanbalik/Pixabay)

Finance

Ethena Labs Divides Opinion as High Yield Stirs Memories of Terra

"A lot of things can go wrong," in Ethena's yield-generation strategy, said Folkvang CEO Mike van Rossum.

Ethena's total value locked surged 12-fold in 60 days. (DefiLlama)

Finance

Thai Crypto Exchange Bitkub May Be Valued as High as $3B in IPO: CEO

Jirayut Srupsrisopa said earlier this month that an IPO was planned for next year.

16:9 Thailand flag (spaway/Pixabay)

Policy

Ether Spot ETFs Still Have No More Than 50% Chance of Approval in May: JPMorgan

There will probably be litigation against the SEC after May if ether ETFs aren’t approved, the report said.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

Dubai Regulator Wants to Lower the Cost of Compliance for Small Crypto Firms

While Dubai's regulatory rules were broadly welcomed, some firms worried about the expense.

Skyscrapers in Dubai (Kent Tupas/Unsplash)

Markets

Grayscale Bitcoin ETF Sees Record Lowest Daily Outflow of $18M

The relatively low figure is a sharp decline from GBTC's usual outflow amounts.

Grayscale advertisement (Grayscale)

Policy

South Africa Starts Issuing Crypto Licenses With Luno, Zignaly Among First Recipients

Regulators in the country have said they plan to authorize up to 60 digital asset firms by April.

(Den Harrson/Unsplash)

Markets

Stablecoins Are Beneficial to U.S. Economy, Tether's Custodian Says

Stablecoins boost demand for U.S. Treasury notes, Howard Lutnick, the CEO of Tether custodian Cantor Fitzgerald, said.

Howard Lutnick, Cantor Fitzgerald's chairman and CEO

Markets

Here's What the Bitcoin Options Market Says About Halving

The halving, due on April 20, will reduce the per-block bitcoin emission to 3.12 BTC from 6.25 BTC, slowing the pace of supply expansion by 50%.

A user tracks charts on an tablet with a keyboard and larger monitor in the background.