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

Barry Silbert Resigns as Grayscale Chairman, to Be Replaced by Mark Shifke

Shifke is the CFO of Silbert's Digital Currency Group and will take over Jan. 1, Grayscale said in an SEC filing.

Barry Silbert. CEO & Founder Digital Currency Group (DCG)

Finance

Mt. Gox Appears to Have Started PayPal Repayments Tied to 2014 Bitcoin Hack

Payments through bank accounts are still awaited.

Mt. Gox Creditor Kolin Burges confronts Former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles (CoinDesk)

Tech

Telcoin Suffers Apparent $1.2M Exploit Related to Wallet Implementation on Polygon; TEL Drops 40%

Affected user balances will be restored as no private keys were stolen in the exploit, the developers said.

(Kevin Ku/Unsplash)

Policy

Japan's Cabinet Proposes Scrapping Corporate Tax on Unrealized Crypto Gains

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government has been considering submissions on how best to encourage the industry's development, which it sees as a pillar of economic reform.

The Diet building, Japan's parliament.

Markets

First Mover Americas: Optimism’s OP and Solana Rally

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Dec. 22, 2023.

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Policy

Spot Crypto ETF Applications Will Be Considered, Hong Kong Regulators Say

The statement from the SFC and HKMA comes as expectations mount the U.S. SEC is on the verge of approving a spot bitcoin ETF.

Hong Kong harbor skyline view into Kowloon

Policy

Coinbase Approved as Virtual Asset Services Provider in France

The third-largest crypto exchange has said it wants to become regulated in countries with clear policies for the industry while arguing with the Securities and Exchange Commission for bespoke rules in the U.S.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (Coinbase)

Policy

Stablecoin Issuer Circle Conditionally Registered for Digital Asset Services in France

France has been encouraging crypto companies to set up shop within its borders and take advantage of the clearer industry regulation than in the U.S.

eiffel tower (Chris Karidis/Unsplash)

Web3

Animoca-Backed Game Wallet Wars Delegates Release Decision to DAO Vote

Wallet Wars’ rallying cry is inspired by a scene in the TV series The Simpsons.

Image of Wallet Wars Game (Wallet Wars, Balthazar Team)

Markets

First Mover Americas: This Year's Top Performers and What Comes Next

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Dec. 21, 2023.

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