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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Policy

Kraken Co-Founder Jesse Powell Donates $1M, Mostly Ether, to Donald Trump

Powell said he is supporting the only major pro-crypto party candidate.

Kraken co-founder Jesse Powell (CoinDesk)

Policy

EU's Restrictive Stablecoin Rules Take Effect Soon and Issuers Are Running Out of Time

The European Banking Authority published its final report on draft standards for stablecoin issuers on June 19.

The EU's MiCA law starts to take effect at end-2024. (Pixabay)

Finance

VanEck Files for Solana ETF, SOL Rises 8%

The filing is the first Solana ETF to be filed in the U.S. and follows six days after a similar product filing in Canada.

VanEck

Markets

First Mover Americas: BTC’s Recovery Stalls as Dollar Rallies

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for June 27, 2024.

BTC's price chart. (CoinDesk)

Finance

State Street, Galaxy Digital to Develop Active Crypto Trading Products

Galaxy Digital inked a similar deal with DWS last year for the European market.

State Street building in London (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Tech

Ora, Aiming to 'Unlock Design Space for AI Dapps,' Raises $20M

The blockchain project, founded in 2022, aims to incorporate AI into decentralized applications with its "on-chain AI oracle."

Ora co-founder Kartin Wong (Kartin Wong/Ora)

Markets

Ether Spot ETFs to Attract $15B of Net Inflows in First 18 Months: Bitwise

Investors are likely to allocate funds to ETFs in proportion to the relative market caps of bitcoin and ether, the report said.

Ether spot ETFs likely to attract $15 billion of net inflows in first 18 months: Bitwise. (CoinDesk)

Policy

Hydrogen Technology Execs Jailed for HYDRO Price Manipulation

CEO Michael Kane and Shane Hampton, head of financial engineering, were sentenced to a total of more than six years in prison.

Department of Justice (Shutterstock)

Markets

PoliFi Tokens Return to Business After Proof of DJT-Trump Link Fails to Materialize

Many PoliFi tokens fell more than 10% after claims emerged that the Trump campaign was behind the DJT token.

Trump poster for 2024 election. (Jon Tyson/Unsplash)

Finance

Bitcoin Payments App Strike Enters UK as Global Expansion Rolls Out

The payments firm now operates in over 100 countries and territories globally.

Strike CEO Jack Mallers speaking at the Bitcoin 2023 conference in Miami Beach, Florida (Frederick Munawa)