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

Tech

Aave Gauges Community Interest for Expansion to Bitcoin Layer 2 Spiderchain

The potential deployment on a Bitcoin layer 2 by the largest DeFi lending protocol highlights the appetite for harnessing the original blockchain for purposes that are commonplace elsewhere in the crypto ecosystem.

Nov 15, 2024

Spiderchain, a Bitcoin layer 2 blockchain. (Shutterstock)

Finance

SocGen Crypto Arm to Bring Its Euro Stablecoin to XRP Ledger, Lays Out Plan for Going Multichain

The French financial services firm said earlier this year it will also expand EURCV to the Solana network after struggling to attract users on Ethereum.

Nov 14, 2024

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Trades Around $91K as ETF Inflows Remain Strong

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Nov. 14, 2024.

Nov 14, 2024

Markets

U.S. ETF Inflows Hit $4.7B Over 6 Days as Bitcoin Becomes 7th-Largest Asset in the World

Bitcoin dominance continues its uptrend and hits new highs as ETF inflows soar.

Nov 14, 2024

Crypto stocks are starting the week in a bullish frame of mind. (Delphine Ducaruge /Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Traders Pile Into $100K CME Options as Price Climbs Through $93K: CF Benchmarks

BTC blasted through the $90,000 resistance level on Wednesday, defying the dollar strength.

Nov 13, 2024

Finance

BlackRock Expands Tokenized Fund BUIDL Beyond Ethereum to 5 New Blockchains

The investment giant is bringing its real-world asset fund to Aptos, Arbitrum, Avalanche, Optimism's OP Mainnet and Polygon.

Nov 13, 2024

Finance

Zero Gravity Labs Raises $40M for Decentralized AI Operating System

The seed round included contributions from Hack VC, Delphi Digital, OKX Ventures, Polygon and Animoca Brands

Nov 13, 2024

Finance

Copper to Offer Custody Services for Tokenized Money Market Funds Such as BlackRock's BUIDL

The crypto custodian's clients can use money market fund tokens as collateral in derivatives trades after the company received approval from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) in Abu Dhabi.

Nov 13, 2024

Amar Kuchinad, Copper's global CEO (Copper)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Consolidates After Encountering Resistance at $90K

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Nov. 13, 2024.

Nov 13, 2024

Markets

Ether ETFs in the Black for the First Time After 5 Days of Inflows

Following their listing, ether ETFs did not enjoy the same response as their bitcoin equivalents had done in January

Nov 13, 2024

Scrabble letters spelling ETF arranged a rack