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

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Climbs Back Above $59K, but Rally Could Be Short-Lived

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for July 10, 2024.

Jul 10, 2024

Policy

Wallets Linked to Global Scams on Cambodia's Huione Guarantee Collect $11 Billion: Report

The online platform is said to be linked to the nation's ruling family and allegedly hosts posts offering services including deepfake scams, money laundering and so-called pig butchering.

Jul 10, 2024

Policy

Tulip Siddiq Appointed as UK City Minister With Responsibity for Financial Services, Crypto

She has previously called for crypto to be regulated while recognizing the technology's potential.

Jul 10, 2024

Tulip Siddiq, the new U.K. City Minister (UK Parliament)

Policy

What Still Needs to Happen Before Spot Ether ETFs Can Trade

Spot ether exchange-traded funds may begin trading as soon as this Friday or in a few weeks.

Jul 9, 2024

Ether spot ETFs to see same sources of demand as bitcoin versions but on lower scale: Bernstein. (Rob Mitchell/CoinDesk)

Markets

Lionel Messi Promotes Obscure Meme Coin on Instagram, Leading to 350% Surge

The price of WATER jumped from $0.00032 to $0.00146 in the two hours following Messi's post, drawing criticism from the crypto community.

Jul 9, 2024

Finance

Tezos Foundation Teams Up With Baanx for Non-Custodial Crypto Card

Baanx has been working with Mastercard to deliver a range of non-custodial crypto card offerings.

Jul 9, 2024

Finance

Storj Acquires Cloud Computing Firm Valdi; Terms Undisclosed

Valdi allows customers to use available GPU compute cycles in data centers across the world.

Jul 9, 2024

Finance

Decentralized Crypto Exchange WOOFi Uses Gaming Style NFTs to Boost DeFi

So-called “Boosters” enhance the yield from WOO tokens, which are staked to earn a share of the DEX’s fees.

Jul 9, 2024

Markets

Bitcoin Cash's Mt. Gox-Led Sell-Off Is Amplified by Poor Liquidity

Slippage, or price changes during execution of a trade, in the BCH market surged last week, signaling weak liquidity.

Jul 9, 2024

Liquidity for bitcoin cash has dried up, amplifying a price drop related to the Mt. Gox repayments. (daeron/Pixabay)

Markets

Bitcoin Drops as German Government Unloads Over $900M Worth of BTC

Wallets linked to the German government still hold some 23,788 bitcoin, meaning that it has already sold more than half of its seized assets, according to Arkham Intelligence data.

Jul 8, 2024