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

Policy

NFT Providers May Need Registration to Comply With UK Money Laundering Rules

The U.K. started a consultation on its money laundering rules on Monday.

Mar 12, 2024

Crypto lobbying groups are arguing the Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Authority should rethink some of their ideas for regulating stablecoins. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Tech

Ether.Fi, Liquid Restaking Protocol, to Release ETHFI Token on Binance Launchpool Next Week

Liquid restaking protocols like Ether.Fi are designed to reuse Ethereum's proof-of-stake blockchain to secure other networks and protocols, and have quickly become one of the hottest types of projects in crypto.

Mar 12, 2024

Ether.Fi CEO Mike Silagadze (CoinDesk, modified using PhotoMosh)

Finance

VanEck Spot Bitcoin ETF Sees Record $119M Inflow After Fee Cut to 0%

VanEck waived the management fee for its spot bitcoin ETF for a year or until it reaches $1.5 billion in assets under management.

Mar 12, 2024

Scrabble tiles spelling out "ETF GROWTH"

Policy

Sweden’s Central Bank Chief Wants 'as Little Bitcoin as Possible' in Country's Financial System: Bloomberg

“It’s an instrument that is impossible to value, and in practice it’s based on pure speculation," Riksbank Governor Erik Thedeen said.

Mar 12, 2024

Facade of the Swedish central bank facing Brunkebergstorg, Stockholm

Finance

Grayscale Plans Low-Fee GBTC Spinoff: the Bitcoin Mini Trust

Bitcoin ETF manager Grayscale is seeking permission from the SEC to spin out a percentage of GBTC shares to seed the new Bitcoin Mini Trust product, according to a filing on Tuesday.

Mar 12, 2024

Markets

First Mover Americas: Ether Options Traders Prepare for Downside

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for March 12, 2024.

Mar 12, 2024

A user examines prices on a mobile phone while looking at a graph on a laptop

Policy

Hong Kong's Central Bank Starts Regulatory Sandbox for Stablecoin Issuers

The regulator invited applicants with a "genuine interest in developing a stablecoin issuance business" to join the sandbox.

Mar 12, 2024

Hong Kong harbor skyline view into Kowloon

Markets

Ether Put Demand Signals Weakness After $4K Price Breakout

By locking in the right to sell ETH at a specified price, options traders are preparing for short-term weakness after the cryptocurrency hit a two-year high.

Mar 12, 2024

Finance

Indian Crypto Investment Platform Mudrex to Offer U.S. Bitcoin ETFs to Indian Investors

Mudrex is a Y-Combinator-backed, California-headquartered entity with a subsidiary registered with the Intelligence Unit of India.

Mar 11, 2024

Scrabble letters spelling ETF arranged a rack

Markets

Ether Hits $4K for First Time in More Than Two Years

The second-largest cryptocurrency last surpassed that level in December 2021.

Mar 8, 2024