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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Tecnologia

IOTA’s ShimmerEVM Bolsters Onboards Cross-Chain Capabilities With LayerZero's Technology

The Shimmer bridge, a tool that transfers value between different blockchains that connect to LayerZero, starts operating today.

Bridge (Alex Azabache/Unsplash)

Política

Hong Kong Regulators Propose Mandatory Licenses for Fiat-Backed Stablecoin Issuers

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau (FSTB) are also planning a sandbox to provide guidance on compliance.

Hong Kong harbor skyline view into Kowloon

Finanças

Barry Silbert Resigns as Grayscale Chairman, to Be Replaced by Mark Shifke

Shifke is the CFO of Silbert's Digital Currency Group and will take over Jan. 1, Grayscale said in an SEC filing.

Barry Silbert. CEO & Founder Digital Currency Group (DCG)

Finanças

Mt. Gox Appears to Have Started PayPal Repayments Tied to 2014 Bitcoin Hack

Payments through bank accounts are still awaited.

Mt. Gox Creditor Kolin Burges confronts Former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles (CoinDesk)

Tecnologia

Telcoin Suffers Apparent $1.2M Exploit Related to Wallet Implementation on Polygon; TEL Drops 40%

Affected user balances will be restored as no private keys were stolen in the exploit, the developers said.

(Kevin Ku/Unsplash)

Política

Japan's Cabinet Proposes Scrapping Corporate Tax on Unrealized Crypto Gains

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government has been considering submissions on how best to encourage the industry's development, which it sees as a pillar of economic reform.

The Diet building, Japan's parliament.

Mercados

First Mover Americas: Optimism’s OP and Solana Rally

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Dec. 22, 2023.

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Política

Spot Crypto ETF Applications Will Be Considered, Hong Kong Regulators Say

The statement from the SFC and HKMA comes as expectations mount the U.S. SEC is on the verge of approving a spot bitcoin ETF.

Hong Kong harbor skyline view into Kowloon

Política

Coinbase Approved as Virtual Asset Services Provider in France

The third-largest crypto exchange has said it wants to become regulated in countries with clear policies for the industry while arguing with the Securities and Exchange Commission for bespoke rules in the U.S.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (Coinbase)

Política

Stablecoin Issuer Circle Conditionally Registered for Digital Asset Services in France

France has been encouraging crypto companies to set up shop within its borders and take advantage of the clearer industry regulation than in the U.S.

eiffel tower (Chris Karidis/Unsplash)