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

Bitget's Hong Kong Unit Halts Operations, Won't Apply for Crypto License

BitgetX HK, which launched in April, is withdrawing from Hong Kong and will shut operations on Dec. 13.

Hong Kong harbor skyline view into Kowloon

Markets

Cathie Wood's ARK Sold $6M of Grayscale Bitcoin Trust Shares Amid Rally

ARK offloaded 201,047 GBTC shares, worth around $6 million, from its Next Generation Internet ETF.

Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood

Finance

Genesis, Three Arrows Capital Reach Agreement on $1B of Claims

The bankrupt crypto lender is seeking court approval to settle the claims with a $33 million payment to the defunct hedge fund, 3AC.

Genesis (Spencer Wing/Pixabay)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Bithumb Plans South Korea IPO in Second-Half 2025: Report

Bithumb is aiming to close the market-share gap with fellow exchange Upbit, which has over 80% of the South Korean market.

Bithumb (Shutterstock)

Markets

Grayscale Discount Continues to Narrow as Spot Bitcoin, Ether ETF Euphoria Works Through Markets

Prices on the majors stabilized after a rally at the end of the U.S. trading week, while the crypto winter continues to thaw in every part of the market from bitcoin to ether and DEXs.

Michael Sonnenshein (CoinDesk)

Markets

The Crypto Market Rally Looks Overdone, JPMorgan Says

Digital assets have seen strong gains in the last month due to excitement about the potential approval of bitcoin spot ETFs, but this bullish sentiment may be misplaced, the report said.

JPMorgan sign on the side of an office building

Policy

International Deal to Combat Crypto Tax Evasion to Start 2027 as 48 Countries Sign Up

Several countries with a sizeable interest in crypto, such as Turkey, India, China, Russia and all African nations, are not signatories to the statement.

OECD logo of a globe, two chevrons and the letters OECD on display

Markets

First Mover Americas: Ether Surges on BlackRock’s ETF Plans

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Nov. 10, 2023.

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Finance

Celsius Bankruptcy Reorganization Plan Approved by Court; Implementation by Early 2024

The order marks Celsius' exit from bankruptcy, filed in July last year, a process that also saw it make a $4.7 billion settlement with the U.S. over fraud allegations.

Ex-Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky, right, near a federal courthouse in Manhattan on Oct. 3, 2023 (Victor Chen/CoinDesk)

Finance

Poloniex Hot Wallets Hacked With $114M Seemingly Stolen: On-Chain Data

Poloniex investor Justin Sun confirmed the exploit, saying the exchange will reimburse affected users and offering a "white hat bounty" to the hacker.

Hacker (Towfiqu Barbhuiya/Unsplash)