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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Pananalapi

Crypto Exchange OKX Withdraws Hong Kong License Application

The exchange's action follows that of Huobi Hong Kong and several other applicants earlier this month.

Hong Kong (Dan Freeman/Unsplash)

Merkado

Bitcoin, Ether Rally Cools Following U.S. Ether ETF Listing Approval

One trader said ether’s sell-off on positive news is typical "buy the rumors, sell the facts" behavior.

Scrabble letters spelling ETF arranged a rack

Merkado

Bitcoin Drops Below $68K, Ether Slumps in Sudden Crypto Sell-Off as ETH ETF Decision Looms

The sell-off was broad-based, with DOGE, SHIB, AVAX, LINK diving more than 4% in less than an hour.

Bitcoin (BTC) price on May 23 (CoinDesk)

Merkado

Ether Sees Strongest Bull Momentum in 3 Years as ETF Deadline Nears

Ether's price jumped 18% in six days on mounting speculation the U.S. SEC will approve a spot ETH exchange-traded fund (ETF). Some traders expect it to hit $5,000 by the end of June.

(real-napster/Pixabay)

Merkado

Ethereum ETF Approval Could Spur 60% Rally as ETH Buying Increases

The forecast mirrors the market reaction after spot bitcoin ETFs were approved in January, QCP said.

(Giovanni Calia/Unsplash)

Merkado

Bitcoin, Ether in Stasis as SEC ETF Decision Looms, Nvidia Hits Record High

There is a 90% probability the SEC will approve a spot ether ETF, one observer said, drawing attention to the narrowed discount in the Grayscale Ethereum Trust.

Technical analysis and derivatives point to a bullish undertone for bitcoin, ether. (poupoune05/Pixabay)

Patakaran

U.S. House Set to Vote for First Standalone Crypto Market Structure Bill

Lawmakers are set to vote on the FIT21 bill Wednesday afternoon.

House Financial Services Committee Chair Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Patakaran

UK Sets July 4 Date for Election Likely to Oust Conservative Party, Spelling Uncertainty for Crypto Hub Plans

The opposition Labour Party has been silent on crypto, but said it is interested in promoting tokenization in the country.

U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak stands at a lectern

Patakaran

Worldcoin Operations Violate Privacy and Should Cease, Hong Kong Regulator Says

Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data personnel visited 10 of the project's locations in December and January.

On Jan. 31, the PCPD entered six premises involved in the Worldcoin project with court warrants for investigations. (PCPD)

Merkado

Ether Has 1 in 5 Chance of Tapping $5K by End-June, DeFi Options Protocol Lyra Says

Traders on Lyra have snapped up ether calls at the $5,000 strike and higher this week.

(AidanHowe/Pixabay)