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

Finanzen

Ledger Exploit Endangers DeFi; Sushi Says 'Do Not Interact With ANY dApps'

The exploit reportedly prompts users to connect their wallets via a pop-up, triggering a token drainer.

14. Dez. 2023

Ledger Nano S hard wallet opened to show the screen display

Finanzen

Rulematch, a Swiss Crypto Exchange for Banks, Goes Live With Spain's BBVA

The institutional crypto platform uses Nasdaq’s trading tech, and comes out the gates with seven banks and securities firms.

14. Dez. 2023

A train travels through the Swiss Alps with snowy peaks in the background.

Richtlinien

Global Banking Regulator Wants Tougher Criteria for Giving Stablecoins Preferential Risk Treatment

The Basel Committee for Banking Supervision wants to tighten requirements that allow stablecoins to qualify as less risky than unbacked cryptocurrencies like bitcoin.

14. Dez. 2023

Richtlinien

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.

14. Dez. 2023

Märkte

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.

14. Dez. 2023

Richtlinien

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.

13. Dez. 2023