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.

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Crypto Remains Sidelined as EU Election Kicks Off

Voters will choose the more than 700 MEPs who may drive the next wave of regulation around crypto.

Jun 6, 2024

The EU's parliamentary elections start June 6. (Johannes Simon/Getty Images)

IOTA Kickstarts EVM Targeting DeFi, Real World Assets

The EVM will let developers build applications with smart contracts that run on the IOTA network.

Jun 5, 2024

(Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

Binance Asks UK Competition Tribunal to Throw Out Most of Collusion Case: Reuters

The case relates to the delisting of the BSV token in 2019.

Jun 5, 2024

(Artur Tumasjan / Unsplash)

Riot Platforms Falls After the Bitcoin Miner Is Targeted by Short-Seller Kerrisdale

The firm has previously targeted MicroStrategy.

Jun 5, 2024

A close-up of one of Riot's mining rigs. (Riot Blockchain)

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Tops $71K After Best Day for ETF Inflows Since March

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for June 5, 2024.

Jun 5, 2024

BTC price, FMA June 5 2024 (CoinDesk)

Crypto Exchange DMM Bitcoin to Raise $320M to Pay Back Hack Victims

The Japanese exchange said it will obtain support from "group companies."

Jun 5, 2024

(Kevin Ku/Unsplash)

BNB Chain Ecosystem Heats Up as Token Hits Lifetime High Above $710

Trading volumes of ecosystem tokens more than doubled in the past 24 hours, with meme coin FLOKI leading gains among larger tokens.

Jun 5, 2024

Bitcoin could hit a new record high in two months. (Kurt Cotoaga/Unsplash)

Web3 Cybersecurity Company GoPlus Raises $10M to Build Permissionless Security Layer

The round counts OKX Ventures, HashKey Capital and Animoca Brands among its backers

Jun 5, 2024

16:9 Security (LEEROY Agency/Pixabay)

Biden Urged to Act as Lawmakers Fear for the Life of Detained Binance Exec in Nigeria

Binance and Gambaryan are facing money laundering and tax evasion charges in the country.

Jun 5, 2024

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

India Springs Election Surprise, Sends Equity Market Crashing With Uncertain Implications for Crypto

Any plans for comprehensive crypto legislation could be kicked further down the road after a weaker-than-forecast showing for the governing party.

Jun 4, 2024

Narendra Modi greets supporters in May. (Elke Scholiers/Getty Images)