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

Bankrupt Cryptopia Exchange to Return Crypto to Some Creditors

The New Zealand exchange went offline in 2019 following a cyber attack that saw millions of dollars worth of tokens stolen.

Wellington, New Zealand (Wolf Zimmermann/ Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Is Unlikely to Match Gold’s Allocation in Investors’ Portfolios in Nominal Terms: JPMorgan

The bitcoin spot ETF market could grow to around $62 billion in the next two to three years, the report said.

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Finance

Optimism Sells $89M OP Tokens in Private Transaction

The tokens were sold to an undisclosed buyer and will be vested for two years.

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Finance

Solana DeFi Protocol Kamino Sets KMNO Token Airdrop for April

The airdrop will reward users based on their points totals.

Arbitrum airdrop goes live. (Pexel/Pixabay)

Policy

Do Kwon to Be Extradited to South Korea After March 23, Lawyer Says

A Montenegrin high court on Thursday approved Kwon's extradition to the Asian nation to face criminal charges over the collapse of Terra.

Terraform Labs CEO Do Kwon on CoinDesk TV in December. (CoinDesk)

Markets

First Mover Americas: AI Tokens Reclaim the Spotlight

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for March 7, 2024.

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Policy

Nigeria's Central Bank Enlists Gluwa Nigeria to Boost eNaira Systems, Adoption

Adoption of the central bank digital currency pales in comparison to cash use in the country.

Lagos, Nigeria (Nupo Deyon Daniel/Unsplash)

Markets

Crypto AI Tokens in Focus as DOGE, SHIB Rally Starts to Ease

Data from CoinGecko shows the artificial-intelligence token category rallied 25% in the past 24 hours, while bitcoin gained just 0.3%.

(Markus Winkler/Unsplash)

Finance

Pantera Looks to Purchase Discounted Solana Tokens With New Fund: Bloomberg

Prices of Solana’s SOL are up nearly 600% over the past year, CoinGecko data shows.

Pantera CEO Dan Morehead (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Policy

Hong Kong’s Central Bank Announces New Wholesale CBDC Project to Support Tokenization Market

Project Ensemble will "seek to explore innovative financial market infrastructure (FMI) that will facilitate seamless interbank settlement of tokenized money," HKMA said.

Hong Kong harbor skyline view into Kowloon