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

Markets

First Mover Americas: Ether, Lido DAO, Arbitrum Gain on Possibility of ETH ETF

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Jan. 10, 2024.

Jan 10, 2024

Markets

BlackRock, ARK 21Shares Follow Rivals in Cutting Bitcoin ETF Fees

The SEC is expected to approve multiple ETFs at the same time, meaning the different providers will tussle for market share using fee structure as one of the main weapons.

Jan 10, 2024

Finance

Brevan Howard, Hamilton Lane Back New Tokenization Platform Libre

Freshly out of stealth, Libre is also working with Nomura’s Laser Digital unit and has been built using Polygon’s chain development kit by tokenization pioneer Avtar Sehra.

Jan 10, 2024

Libre CEO Avtar Sehra sits on a chair in front of a microphone (Libre)

Markets

BTC Supply in Profit Nears 90% as Price Rallies on Expected Bitcoin ETF Approval

Just under half of the bitcoin supply was in profit at the start of last year.

Jan 10, 2024

Policy

Crypto Custodian BitGo Wins In-Principle Approval as Major Payments Institution in Singapore

BitGo was also recently named by Hashdex as the custodian in its application to become an issuer of a spot exchange-traded fund.

Jan 10, 2024

CEO of BitGo Mike Belshe in a chair on-stage at Consensus 2023

Finance

El Salvador's BTC Bet Is $13M in Profit as Bitcoin ETF Approval Approaches

President Nayib Bukele hailed the investment as being "back in the black" last month.

Jan 9, 2024

El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele. (Government of El Salvador, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Holds Above $46K Amid ETF Anticipation

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Jan. 9, 2024.

Jan 9, 2024

Policy

U.S. Arrests 'Bitcoin Rodney,' Alleged HyperVerse Crypto Scheme Promoter, on IRS Charges of Fraud

Rodney Burton was arrested on Friday in Florida and will be transferred to Maryland.

Jan 9, 2024

Policy

DeFi Identity Should Be Focus of U.S. Policymakers, CFTC Says

Policymakers should identify the projects of greatest concern and prioritize progress on digital identity, a report from one of the regulator's committees said.

Jan 9, 2024

Finance

Bitwise Tops Bitcoin ETF Low-Fee Table, While Grayscale Bets on Size

Just one potential spot bitcoin ETF issuer has set a management fee above 1% as many of the others are asking for less than 0.5%.

Jan 8, 2024

Sign saying fee area ahead on a background of desert shrubland