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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Policy

Crypto Exchange OKX to End Services in India

Customers in the country have until April 30 to close out their positions.

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Markets

First Mover Americas: Crypto Market Volatility Heats Up

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for March 21, 2024.

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

Finance

Web 3 Startup Tensorplex Labs Raises $3M Seed Funding to Decentralize AI

Tensorplex said decentralization can help prevent tech giants monopolizing artificial intelligence, making them prone to biases or censorship.

two fingers adding a coin to one pile of coins among many

Markets

Selling on Rise? Crypto Whale Transfers $42.8M ETH to Binance

Roughly 18 hours ago, a so-called whale transferred 12,000 ETH worth $42.8 million to Binance, according to Lookonchain.

A whale is seen apparently surfacing through a mobile-phone screen

Markets

Dogecoin Climbs 18% on DOGE Futures Hopes, Bitcoin Nears $68K

Crypto markets dumped, then jumped, as regulatory headwinds and macroeconomic decisions played their hand in a rollercoaster 24 hours.

Bull and Bear (nosheep/Pixabay)

Markets

Federal Reserve Keeps Interest Rates, Rate Cut Outlook Steady for This Year

Policymakers forecasted Wednesday they would lower interest rates to 4.6% by year-end, similarly to their December projection.

Fed Chair Jay Powell is set to speak after the central bank held policy steady (Helene Braun/CoinDesk)

Markets

Ether Tumbles 6% as ETH ETF Hopes Dim Amid Regulatory Probe Reports

CoinDesk reported Wednesday that the Ethereum Foundation faces a confidential inquiry, and Fortune said the SEC is examining whether ETH is a security.

ETH price (CoinDesk)

Policy

Guilty Verdict for Woman Accused of Laundering Bitcoin Tied to Alleged $6B China Fraud: Bloomberg

Police in the U.K. seized over 1.7 billion pounds ($2.2 billion) worth of related bitcoin in 2018.

Police, crime (geralt/Pixabay)

Finance

Kraken Unveils Qualified Custody for Institutions in Crypto-Friendly Wyoming

Kraken Institutional operates under the exchange’s state-chartered banking license in Wyoming, attained back in 2020.

Kraken (DreamStudio/CoinDesk)

Tech

Starknet, an Ethereum Layer 2, Plans 'Parallel Execution' to Mimic Solana's Speed Feature

The new feature, described as "multitasking for rollups," is on Starknet's project road map for the second quarter, released Wednesday.

StarkWare CEO Eli Ben-Sasson, speaking at ETHDenver on Thursday. (Danny Nelson)