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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Política

Crypto Exchange Bittrex’s Customer-Repayment Plan Faces U.S. Government Objection

If successful, it wouldn’t be the first time the state has scuppered a crypto bankruptcy proposal.

Bittrex filed for bankruptcy in the U.S. (Marco Verch/Flickr)

Política

Kim Kardashian EMAX Suit to Proceed as Court Considers Updated Complaint

A California judge backtracked on a tentative ruling to dismiss the allegations against the reality TV star after receiving a more detailed complaint.

Kim Kardashian. (James Devaney/GC Images/Getty)

Política

Crypto Tokens' Status as Securities or Commodities Is Key to SEC's Binance, Coinbase Suits: Bernstein

Regulation of the industry has become a political debate and a turf battle between the SEC and CFTC, the report said.

(Mark Van Scyoc/Shutterstock)

Tecnologia

Aave Lending Protocol Moves Closer to Launching GHO Stablecoin on Ethereum Mainnet

The developer proposed two key features for the decentralized stablecoin in a governance post on Tuesday.

Ratings company S&P Global has started ranking stablecoins' ability to hold their pegs. (eswaran arulkumar/Unsplash)

Política

U.S. Lawmakers Urge IRS, Treasury to Hurry Crypto Tax Rules

Congressmen Brad Sherman and Stephen Lynch called the industry "a major source of tax evasion" in a letter asking for the prompt release of proposed regulations on reporting requirements.

U.S. Rep. Brad Sherman (House Financial Services Committee)

Mercados

Cathie Wood's ARK Buys $21.6M Coinbase Shares as SEC Suit Sends Stock Tumbling

The purchase took ARK Invest's total Coinbase holdings to 11.44 million shares.

Ark Invest CEO Cathie Woods (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Mercados

Coinbase Shares Slump After SEC Files Suit Against Company

Major shareholders include Vanguard Group, Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest, Nikko Asset Management, Fidelity and BlackRock.

COIN slid Tuesday following a suit by the SEC against Coinbase. (TradingView)

Finanças

Bitcoin-Denominated Life Insurance Provider Sets Up Shop With $19M Funding

Meanwhile's target audience is U.S. citizens with large BTC holdings, an audience from which it has "seen a lot of early demand."

(Vlad Deep/Unsplash)

Mercados

First Mover Americas: Crypto Markets Stay Down Following SEC Suing Binance

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for June 6, 2023.

Crypto tokens deemed as securities by the SEC (Lyllah Ledesma/Messari)

Finanças

Zodia Custody to Offer Staking to Institutional Clients Through Blockdaemon

The firm said it is the first bank-owned custodian to offer staking services to institutional clients.

Standard Chartered, majority owner of Zodia Custody. (Shutterstock)