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 Uniswap Token’ HayCoin Price Jumps to $3M Per Token

Uniswap creator Hayden Adams burned his token holdings over the weekend, effectively destroying 99.99% of the outstanding supply.

(Unsplash, modificado por CoinDesk)

Policy

Hong Kong Reverses Stance on Spot-Crypto, ETF Investing, With a Catch

The development comes as interest in spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds increases and follows a probe into the JPEX exchange for operating without a license.

Hong Kong (Ruslan Bardash / Unsplash)

Policy

FBI Charges 6 for Allegedly Running $30M Money Transmitting Business Using Crypto

The filing alleges that the accused knowingly conducted an illegal business by using the darknet to convert bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies into cash.

FBI symbol on side of a building.

Markets

MultiversX's EGLD Token Rallies on Partnership With Google Cloud

EGLD ticked up nearly 10% to just over $26 during European morning hours on Friday

Google logo on the front of a building

Policy

Crypto Shareholder Requirements Set Out by EU Banking Regulators

Controls on staff bonuses at crypto exchanges and wallet providers are also planned as the bloc prepares for its landmark crypto law, MiCA.

European regulators will focus more on banks' exposure to crypto-linked entities. (Christian Lue/Unsplash)

Policy

Former ConsenSys AG Employees Take Equity Court Case Against Founder Joseph Lubin to U.S.

The 27 allege Lubin robbed them of equity in the Swiss company by transferring core assets to a U.S. entity.

ConsenSys CEO Joseph Lubin (CoinDesk archives)

Markets

'Long Big Tech' Remains the Most Crowded Trade, BofA Fund Manager Survey Shows

This has repercussions for the crypto market, not necessarily good ones, one observer said.

(Camilo Jimenez/Unsplash)

Policy

SEC Likely to Approve Spot Bitcoin ETF in Next Few Months: JPMorgan

Approval is likely before Jan. 10, which is the final deadline for the Ark 21Shares applications, the report said.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has postponed spot bitcoin ETF responses for two applicants.  (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

Spot Bitcoin ETF Excitement Hits Main Street, Google Search Indicates

Many market participants expect the SEC to greenlight the first U.S.-based spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund early next year.

(377053/Pixabay)

Finance

Global Bitcoin ATM Numbers Sink to Lowest Level Since 2021

Since the end of last year, the number installed worldwide has dropped 7,000, or 17%.

Cajero automático de bitcoin. (Ivan Radic/Flickr)