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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Política

Nigeria Lifting Ban on Bank Accounts for Crypto Firms Could Lead to Usage 'Surge'

Pan-African crypto exchange Yellow Card has said it will seek licensing in the country.

Lagos, Nigeria (Nupo Deyon Daniel/Unsplash)

Mercados

First Mover Americas: Barry Silbert Resigns as Grayscale Chairman

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Dec. 27, 2023.

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

Tecnologia

Crypto Users Lost $2B to Hacks, Scams and Exploits in 2023, De.Fi Says

The figure is roughly half the estimated $4.2 billion of 2022, a year that also included $40 billion lost through the collapse of Terra, Celsius and FTX.

Crypto hacks, scams and exploits netted some $2 billion this year. (fikry anshor/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

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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