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

Crypto Market Conditions That Fueled FTX, Bankman-Fried, No Longer Hold: Galaxy Digital

U.S. investors now have access to regulated bitcoin ETFs that provide the same protections as buying stocks and reduce the incentive to move to unregulated offshore exchanges, the report said.

Sam Bankman-Fried (MIT Bitcoin Club, Mercatus Center, Cointelegraph/Wikimedia Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

TRON Foundation, Justin Sun Ask U.S. Court to Dismiss SEC Lawsuit

The defendants argue that the SEC failed to establish that the court has jurisdiction over the foreign defendants.

Justin Sun (CoinDeskTV)

Markets

Crypto Market Setup Looks Positive for Second Quarter: Coinbase

The bitcoin halving, expected in mid-April, remains the main supply-side event, the report said.

Crystal ball with points of light being held in two hands.

Markets

Tether Added Nearly 8.9K Bitcoin to Holdings in First Quarter: On-Chain Data

The stablecoin issuer's BTC stack now tops 75,000 tokens worth about $5 billion.

Tether 's logo painted on a wooden background.

Markets

Trading Volume on South Korean Crypto Exchange Upbit Crashes 75%

Upbit's 24-hour crypto trading volume stood at $3.79 billion at press time, down 75% from the high of $15 billion on March 5, CoinGecko data show.

(Daniel Bernard/ Unsplash)

Finance

Thai Crypto Exchange Bitkub Plans 2025 IPO: Bloomberg

The exchange's owner signaled its intention to sell shares to the public in a 2023 letter that didn't give a timeframe.

(Unsplash)

Tech

Meme Coins on Degen Chain Flourish as New Layer 3 Racks up Millions in Volumes

Degen Chain was released last week as a specialized network that sits atop Base, which itself is an Ethereum layer 2.

image of a crypto trader aka degen (Anjo Clacino/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

Binance Executives File Suit Against Nigeria: Local Media

The two Binance executives held in Nigeria after being invited for consultations filed suit against two government agencies for allegedly violating their human rights.

(Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Tech

Solana Foundation Says It Can Filter Through the Offensive Meme Coin Problem

Panelists at a BUIDL Asia summit argue racist meme coins can be handled with a filter.

A standing Austin Federa talks on stage at BUIDL Asia 2024

Policy

Craig Wright Assets Frozen by UK Judge to Prevent Him Evading Court Costs

Judge James Mellor found earlier this month that Wright was not, as he'd claimed, Bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto.

Craig Wright heading to COPA trial on March 1  (Camomile Shumba/CoinDesk)