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.

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Upbit to Tighten Restrictions on Non-Verified Customers in South Korea

Restrictions will kick in on Wednesday to meet the country’s anti-money laundering laws.

Oct 4, 2021

Korean won

Bitfarms’ Bitcoin Production Increases on New Mining Equipment

The company mined 1,050 bitcoins in the third quarter, up 38% from the second quarter.

Oct 1, 2021

Technicians monitor cryptocurrency mining rigs at a Bitfarms facility in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada, on Thursday, July 26, 2018. Bitcoin has rallied more than 30 percent in July, shrugging off security and regulatory concerns that have plagued the virtual currency for much of this year. Photographer: James MacDonald/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Almost a Third of Salvadorans Are Using the Bitcoin Wallet, Bukele Says

Some 2.1 million people are actively using Chivo, the president said.

Sep 27, 2021

San Salvador, El Salvador (Mauricio Cuéllar/Unsplash)

Argo Blockchain Raises $112.5M in US Share Sale

The crypto miner is selling 7.5 million shares for $15 each.

Sep 23, 2021

Máquinas de minería de bitcoin (Shutterstock)

Cross-Chain Protocol PNetwork Loses $12M in Hack

The company said that it had identified the bug that the hacker exploited and fixed it.

Sep 20, 2021

Hacker

Argo Blockchain Starts Sale of US Shares

The company is offering 7.5 million ADSs, each representing 10 common shares.

Sep 14, 2021

Crypto mining machines

Coinbase to Sell $1.5B of 7-Year, 10-Year Debt

The funds will be used for general corporate purposes, which may include acquisitions.

Sep 13, 2021

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong

Bitcoin Mining Power Consumption Exceeds 2020: Report

Miners are on track to use 91 TWh this year.

Sep 13, 2021

Crypto mining machines

Three More Grayscale Trusts Become SEC Reporting Companies

They join three other trusts that will be regulated in a similar way to companies with share listings.

Sep 10, 2021

SEC, Securities and Exchange Commission

KB Asset Management Launches Blockchain Mutual Fund: Report

The fund will invest predominantly in U.S. companies, with lesser amounts in Japanese, European and Chinese firms.

Sep 6, 2021

Seoul Tower, Korea