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

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Regains $42K Following Wednesday's Dip

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Feb. 1, 2024.

BTC price, Feb. 1 2024 (CoinDesk)

Finance

Germany Banking Giant DZ to Pilot Crypto Trading This Year: Bloomberg

The bank released a cryptocurrency custody platform in November.

Frankfurt, Germany (Sinan Erg/Unsplash)

Policy

Binance Sued by Families of Hamas Victims, Hostages

The plaintiffs, who are also suing Iran and Syria, say the crypto exchange facilitated the financing of Hamas and other terrorist groups between 2017 and 2023.

Two large stacked blocks displaying Binance's logo at a trade show.

Policy

Labour Wants UK to Be a Securities Tokenization Hub and Advance Digital Pound Work

The opposition party leads the polls in what's likely to be an election year.

Rachel Reeves (Nicola Tree/Getty Images)

Finance

New York Community Bancorp Shares Tumble After Earnings Miss, 71% Dividend Cut

The bank took over defunct Signature Bank's non crypto-related deposits last year.

Down Arrow spray painted on a brick wall (Shutterstock)

Markets

First Mover Americas: BTC Loses $43K as Crypto Prices Slip

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Jan. 31, 2024.

BTC price FMA Jan. 31 2024 (CoinDesk)

Finance

Former UK Chancellor George Osborne Joins Coinbase as Adviser

Osborne becomes the second former U.K. chancellor to join a crypto firm following, his immediate successor Philip Hammond.

Former British politician and Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne

Markets

Markets 'Too Optimistic' About Fed Rate Cuts: JPMorgan Asset Management

"The market may be too optimistic as we see limited evidence of disinflation in certain areas that are a focus for the Fed," strategists said, explaining a potential for a decline in risk assets.

(Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Binance Reviews Its Majority Stake in South Korean Crypto Exchange GOPAX

The world's largest crypto exchange by trading volume acquired a majority stake in GOPAX in February 2023, re-entering a market it had vacated two years previously.

Two large stacked blocks displaying Binance's logo at a trade show.

Tech

Sui Becomes a Top 10 DeFi Blockchain in Less Than a Year

Developers on Sui are building products that people are using to address real-world challenges, according to Greg Siourounis, Sui's managing director.

(Shubham Dhage/ Unsplash)