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: Crypto Market Flat Ahead of U.S. Inflation Data

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for May 31, 2024.

CD20 FMA, May 31 2024 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Crypto Bettors Lay 17% Odds on Donald Trump in Jail Before Election Day

Gamblers have placed almost $900,000 in bets on the “Trump in jail before election day?” market on the predictions application Polymarket.

(Shaleah Craighead/Wikimedia Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Is Still Strong, but Macro Factors Pose Risk, Crypto Analyst Says

Hardening government bond yields post a risk to risk assets, including cryptocurrencies, one crypto observer said.

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Policy

Terraform, Do Kwon Agree in Principle to Settle Fraud Case With SEC: Court Filing

Do Kwon is currently out on bail in Montenegro, awaiting extradition to either the U.S. or South Korea.

Terraform Labs CEO Do Kwon on CoinDesk TV in December. (CoinDesk)

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Ether Spot ETFs to See Much Lower Demand Than Bitcoin Versions, JPMorgan Says

Ether spot ETFs could attract as much as $3 billion of net inflows this year, the report said.

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Markets

First Mover Americas: Crypto in the Red Ahead of Friday's U.S. Inflation Data

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for May 30, 2024.

CD20, FMA May 30 2024 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Traders Warn of Pullback as U.S. Inflation Data Looms; Dogecoin Leads Majors Slide

Crypto markets are expected to remain shaky ahead of Friday’s U.S. inflation report, one trading desk said.

A bear waving. (Hans-Jurgen Mager/Unsplash)

Policy

U.S. Treasury Describes NFTs as 'Highly Susceptible to Use in Fraud and Scams'

"Illicit actors can use NFTs to launder proceeds from predicate crimes, often in combination with other methods to obfuscate the illicit source of proceeds of crime," the Treasury found.

U.S. Treasury Building (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Finance

TradFi Rushes In: Goldman Sachs Digital Assets Lead Mathew McDermott on the Institutional Embrace of Tokenization

The financial industry veteran discusses ETFs, tokenization and future banking blockchain opportunities.

Mathew McDermott, Global Head of Digital Assets for Goldman Sachs speaks at Consensus 2024. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Finance

Cathie Wood Says Ether ETF Filings Were Approved Because Crypto Is an Election Issue

Wood said the proposed ether ETFs weren't approved in a regular way.

Cathie Wood, CEO of ARK Invest, at Consensus 2024 by CoinDesk (Suzanne Cordiero)