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

Hong Kong Doubles Down on Crypto Regulation With Staff Hires

The securities regulator wants to hire staff for market surveillance and enforcement investigations.

Feb 4, 2025

Finance

Trivago Adds Travala's Hotel Inventory, Gaining Crypto Payment Options

Travala, which is backed by the world's largest crypto exchange, Binance, is in talks with potential buyers after receiving a takeover approach late last year.

Feb 4, 2025

Crypto Daybook Americas

Crypto Daybook Americas: Forex Markets Signal Bitcoin Upside Amid Tariff-On/Tariff-Off Trading

Your day-ahead look for Feb. 4, 2025

Feb 4, 2025

Policy

Anthony Scaramucci Says U.S. Pro-Crypto Regulation Likely by November

Scaramucci also described Trump's official memecoin as "bad for the industry."

Feb 4, 2025

Anthony Scaramucci, founder and managing partner at SkyBridge Capital (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Finance

Galaxy and BitGo Buddy Up for Crypto Staking Despite Legal Spat

The firms are driven by compelling mutual benefits: Galaxy gains extra staking business and BitGo customers are able to use staked assets as collateral for loans and trading.

Feb 4, 2025