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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Policy

Some Binance EU Users Find Fiat Withdrawals Cut Off Even Before Paysafe Ends Service

Binance says Paysafe gave it short notice that a “very small portion” of European users will be subject to an earlier closure before the payments provider officially pulls support for the exchange on Sept. 25.

Binance Logo (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Hits $27K for First Time in Two Weeks

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Sept. 19, 2023.

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Policy

JPEX Drama Shows Need for Crypto Regime, Hong Kong Leader Says

The territory’s leader urged investors to use licensed platforms and promised more education about crypto risks.

Spot bitcoin ETFs could soon be coming to Hong Kong (Allan Watt/Flickr)

Finance

Citigroup Unveils Token Services for Institutional Clients

In a pilot, Citi used smart contracts to serve the same purpose as bank guarantees and letters of credit working with shipping company Maersk and a canal authority.

Citibank logo

Finance

Binance Staked Ether Experiences $573M in Inflows This Month

Two days of inflows fueled a more than fourfold increase in Binance staked ether's total value locked.

Binance staked ether TVL (DefiLlama)

Finance

Crypto VC Firm Blockchain Capital Raises $580M for 2 New Funds

Most of the firm's limited partners are traditional institutional investors, including university endowments, private foundations, financial institutions, sovereign wealth funds and U.S. pension plans

Blockchain Capital Co-Founders Bart Stephens and Brad Stephens (Blockchain Capital)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Friend.tech Drives Up Coinbase’s Base Blockchain Activity

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Sept. 18, 2023.

Base's daily transaction hit record high (IntoTheBlock)

Markets

Bitcoin Tops $27K a Week After Death Cross Formation With Fed Likely to Extend Rate Pause

The cryptocurrency is up nearly 8% since the ominous-sounding technical analysis pattern appeared on the daily price chart.

(CoinDesk/Highcharts.com)

Finance

Tether Co-Founder Sizes Up PayPal’s Stablecoin Ambitions

Tether pioneer William Quigley, who was also an early investor in PayPal, said he doubts the payments giant will bring much innovation to the stablecoin space.

Tether co-founder William Quigley (Magnetic)

Markets

Bitcoin Punches Above $27K, but Analysts Have Bearish Price Predictions

Bitcoin shot up to $27,000 in European afternoon hours on Monday, adding over 2% in the past 24 hours.

Candle chart with moving average lines