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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Finance

MicroStrategy’s X Account Hacked, Leads to $440K Crypto Being Stolen: Blockchain Sleuth ZachXBT

The phishing attempt has already led to $440,000 worth of crypto being stolen.

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Markets

Uniswap's UNI Jumps 60% on Proposal to Reward Token Holders in Major Governance Overhaul

The upgrade would reward UNI token holders who staked and delegated their tokens, according to the proposal.

Uniswap's UNI token price (CoinDesk)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Worldcoin, The Graph and Filecoin Finish the Week on Top

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Feb. 23, 2024.

Top Weekly Gainers (CoinMarketCap)

Policy

Trump: Bitcoin Has Taken on 'a Life of Its Own,' Will Probably Need Some Regulation

The former U.S. president had previously said he was "not a fan" of cryptocurrencies and called central bank digital currencies dangerous, vowing not to allow them if elected.

(NIPYATA!/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

Texas Blockchain Council, Riot Platforms Sue Dept. of Energy, OMB Over 'Emergency' Survey

If the court does not intervene, the companies will be "immediately and irreparably harmed," the filing said.

(Enrique Macias/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin ETF Net Inflows Slow to a Trickle as Price Flattens

The 10 spot funds attracted only 500 bitcoin on Wednesday, the least since Feb. 6.

Scrabble letters spelling ETF arranged a rack

Finance

Eigen Labs, Developer Behind Restaking Protocol EigenLayer, Raises $100M From A16z Crypto

Pioneering restaking project EigenLayer, a project led by Sreeram Kannan, isn't even live, but investors are piling in. A16z Crypto is affiliated with the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.

EigenLayer CEO Sreeram Kannan (University of Michigan, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

First Mover Americas: AI Mania Heats Up

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Feb. 22, 2024.

Top 10 Tokens 24HR Price Change ($1B> Market Cap) (Messari)

Policy

England's Law Commission Seeks Views on Draft Legislation to Label Crypto as Property

The Law Commission also called for evidence on its project on digital assets and electronic trade documents in private international law.

UK United Kingdom British England Flag (Unsplash)

Policy

South Africa to Start Work on Stablecoin Regime, Will Start by Considering Use Cases

The Intergovernmental Fintech Working Group is also considering the effect of tokenization on domestic markets.

(Den Harrson/Unsplash)