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

Crypto Mixers, Privacy Coins, Layer 2s Complicate Tracing for Law Enforcement, EU Innovation Hub Says

Separately, France's markets regulator said crypto remains a high risk for money laundering.

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

Finance

Metaplanet Discloses $1.6M BTC Purchase; Shares Jump 10%

The investment firm now owns 141 BTC, worth about $9.4 million.

Cityscape Tokyo, Japan (Ryo Yoshitake/Unsplash)

Policy

Crypto Exchange Crypto.com Secures Spot on Ireland's Virtual Assets Service Provider Register

The company has also received approval in Dubai, U.K., the Netherlands and Spain.

Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek (CoinDesk)

Markets

Fed Should Cut Interest Rate as Restrictive Stance Adds to Inflation, Democrats Say

Elevated interest rates aimed at taming inflation have become a part of the problem, three Democrat senators said.

U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testified that a U.S. CBDC isn't in the near future, and he said the Fed wouldn't design one to spy on Americans (screen capture, Senate Banking Committee video)

Tech

Cardano Is on Track for Voltaire Upgrade This Month, Co-Founder Hoskinson Says

The network is ready for its Chang fork and waiting for 70% of operators to install the new node.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

EU Vote See Reelection of Some Officials With Key Roles in Bloc's Crypto Journey

Among the MEPs retaining their seats is Stefan Berger, who steered the landmark MiCA legislation.

The EU has passed new crypto laws (Pixabay)

Finance

Squads Labs Raises $10M Series A, Unveils Smart Wallet for Public Testing on iOS

The funding round led by Electric Capital included participation from RockawayX, Coinbase Ventures, L1 Digital and Placeholder.

16:9 Wallet (Prasanta Sahoo/PIxabay)

Policy

Macron Calls Surprise French Election That's Unlikely to Stir Crypto, Is Likely to Shake Up Government

The French president called a snap election after an unexpectedly poor showing in voting for the European Parliament.

Emmanuel Macron (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Finance

Fidelity International Tokenizes Money Market Fund on JPMorgan’s Blockchain

The U.K. firm joined JPMorgan’s Tokenized Collateral Network (TCN), piloting the tokenization of its own money market fund with Onyx Digital Assets.

(Shutterstock)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Little Changed After Liquidation Rout

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

BTC price, FMA June 10 2024 (CoinDesk)