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 Mover Americas: Bitcoin Falls Below $64K Following $900M in ETF Outflows

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for June 21, 2024.

BTC price, FMA June 21 2024 (CoinDesk)

Policy

U.S. Lawmakers Visit Detained Binance Exec in Nigeria, Call for Release

The two House members said Tigran Gambaryan is being wrongfully detained and should be freed.

Tigran Gambaryan, Binance's head of crime compliance, is one of two executives detained in Nigeria. (Shutterstock/Consensus)

Finance

Crypto Custody Firm Fireblocks Adds ‘One-Click’ Audits, Tax Reporting

Software from Web3 accounting company Tres works with a wide range of digital asset networks, and can be integrated with accounting software such as QuickBooks, Xero and NetSuite.

Fireblocks sign at Miami airport during Bitcoin Miami conference 2022 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

UK Regulator FCA Arrests Two People Associated With 1B-Pound Illegal Crypto Business

The two suspects were interviewed under caution by the FCA and then released on bail.

(FCA)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Crypto Assets Rally With BTC Returning to $66K

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for June 20, 2024.

BTC price, FMA June 20 2024 (CoinDesk)

Policy

Italy to Increase Surveillance of Crypto Market With Fines as High as 5M Euros: Reuters

A draft document reviewed by Reuters is due to be approved by the cabinet later Thursday.

(Tom S/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

Swiss National Bank and SDX Delve Deeper Into CBDCs, Tokenized Securities

The next two-year phase of Project Helvetia will see other financial institutions and types of transactions join the party.

(Shutterstock)

Finance

Energy Giant EDF Subsidiary Joins Cronos as a Blockchain Validator

EDF subsidiary Exaion helps industries with digital transformation by focusing on addressing the energy efficiency of data centers.

EDF subsidiary Exaion has become a validator on the Chiliz Chain. (Léo Crouzille/Unsplash)

Finance

VanEck's Spot Bitcoin ETF Goes Live on Australia's Biggest Stock Exchange

The VanEck Bitcoin ETF rose 1% on its debut after trading 99,791 shares.

Sydney Opera House in Australia (Stanbalik/Pixabay)

Finance

Kraken Says Hackers Turned to 'Extortion' After Exploiting Bug for $3M

The bug found by a "security researcher" led to nearly $3 million stolen from Kraken's treasuries.

(Alpha Rad/Unsplash)