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

Crypto Exchange CoinList Settles OFAC's Russian Sanctions Allegations for $1.2M

CoinList did not detect users who claimed to be from non-embargoed countries, but provided addresses in Crimea, OFAC said.

Dec 14, 2023

Markets

JPMorgan Is Cautious About Crypto Markets Into 2024

Ether is expected to outperform bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies next year due to the Ethereum blockchain’s EIP-4844 upgrade, the report said.

Dec 14, 2023

Policy

S&P Faults Biggest Stablecoin, Tether's USDT, as It Debuts New Industry Ranking

USDT was assigned a low score of four, meaning the largest stablecoin is constrained in its ability to maintain its peg to fiat, the rating agency says.

Dec 13, 2023

Ratings company S&P Global has started ranking stablecoins' ability to hold their pegs. (eswaran arulkumar/Unsplash)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Revised BlackRock Bitcoin ETF Filing Invites Participation From U.S. Banks

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Dec. 13, 2023.

Dec 13, 2023

Policy

Three Arrows Co-Founder Su Zhu Faces Questioning in Singapore Court in Hunt for Assets: Bloomberg

Zhu is expected to be released from jail this month for good behavior, Bloomberg reported.

Dec 13, 2023

Finance

ARK Invest Sells Coinbase Shares for Third Straight Day

The investment firm has sold the crypto exchange's stock on all but two trading days this month.

Dec 13, 2023

Policy

U.S. Presidential Candidates Chat About Crypto, Target Federal Regulators

The three aspiring presidents touched on many of the same pro-crypto points at a Coinbase-linked crypto advocacy event.

Dec 12, 2023

A former politician speaks at a crypto industry event run by the Coinbase-backed Stand with Crypto Alliance on Dec. 11. (NIK de / CoinDesk)

Policy

Q Protocol to Apply International Court of Arbitration Rules to DeFi Disputes in a Sign of Growing Industry Maturity

Q protocol allows developers to build organizational constitutions that are enforced by smart contracts and include off-chain avenues for resolving disputes the code can't deal with.

Dec 12, 2023

Policy

KuCoin to Pay $22M, Exit New York to Settle State Suit

The exchange will pay $5.3 million to the attorney general's office and refund New York customers $16.77 million.

Dec 12, 2023

Markets

First Mover Americas: Binance’s Waning Market Share

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Dec. 12, 2023.

Dec 12, 2023