Sheldon Reback

Regional Head of Europe

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.

Latest from Sheldon Reback

Markets

Bitcoin's Heading to $150K and Quality Mining Stocks Offer a Good Way to Gain Exposure: Bernstein

Bernstein expects the largest cryptocurrency to hit that level during the 2024-2027 cycle, the report said.

Oct 31, 2023

CleanSpark CEO Zach Bradford and Executive Chairman Matt Schultz at the company's CleanBlock facility in College Park, Georgia.

Finance

LastPass Hack Victims Lose $4.4M in a Single Day

More than $35 million has been stolen in total, according to recent reports.

Oct 30, 2023

Finance

Celestia's TIA Token Trades at $3.15 on Futures Market Ahead of Airdrop

The token is set to be listed on Oct. 31 by Binance, Bybit and Kucoin.

Oct 30, 2023

A user examines prices on a mobile phone while looking at a graph on a laptop

Finance

Animoca Brands Courts $50M Investment From Saudi Arabia's NEOM

Animoca will build Web3 service capabilities with global commercial application alongside NEOM to support its aspirations as a futuristic tech hub.

Oct 30, 2023

Yat Siu, co-founder and executive chairman of Animoca Brands. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Ticks Along Above $34K

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Oct. 30, 2023.

Oct 30, 2023

Policy

Retail CBDC Could Add Unique Value, but Further Investigation Is Needed, Hong Kong Central Bank Says

Hong Kong has not decided whether to introduce an e-HKD, the report said.

Oct 30, 2023

Hong Kong harbor skyline view into Kowloon

Policy

Singapore, Japan, U.K., Swiss Regulators Plan Asset Tokenization Pilots

Project Guardian seeks to advance digital asset tokenization pilots for fixed income, foreign exchange and asset management products.

Oct 30, 2023

(EDUARD MUZHEVSKYI / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images)

Policy

U.K. Publishes Final Proposals for Crypto, Stablecoin Regulation

The government plans to propose legislation on fiat-backed stablecoins by early 2024.

Oct 30, 2023

U.K. Treasury Minister Andrew Griffith standing at a lectern

Finance

Binance Founder CZ's Wealth Falls About $12B as Trading Revenue Slumps: Bloomberg

Changpeng Zhao's wealth dropped to $17.2 billion as trading revenue declined.

Oct 27, 2023

CEO of Binance Changpeng Zhao at Consensus Singapore 2018 (CoinDesk)

Policy

Digital Pound Consultation Received Over 50,000 Responses, With Privacy a Major Concern

Many of the respondents outlined concerns around privacy, programmability and the decline of cash, Jon Cunliffe, deputy governor of the Bank of England said.

Oct 27, 2023