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

Tornado Cash Developer Roman Storm Pleads Not Guilty to Money Laundering, Other Charges

Prosecutors allege that Storm and fellow developers Roman Semenov and Alexey Pertsev helped bad actors launder over $1 billion in stolen crypto.

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Finance

DeFi Protocol Synapse Responds to Selling Pressure With 17% Bounce

Synapse's SYN token recovered its losses after 9 million were sold by a liquidity provider identified as Nima Capital by the protocol.

SYNUSD price chart (TradingView)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Still Stuck in Limbo

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Sept. 6, 2023.

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Policy

Zodia Markets Receives In-Principle Approval as Crypto Broker-Dealer in Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi was among the first to establish a bespoke licensing regime for virtual asset service providers.

Abu Dhabi (Kamil Rogalinski/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Set to Form Death Cross as Dollar Index Teases Golden Crossover

A death cross indicates a potential long-term bearish shift in momentum while a golden cross suggests the opposite.

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Finance

Connext Airdrop Marred by $38K Sybil Bot Attack

As many as 57,000 unique wallets registered for the airdrop.

Prime Protocol to eliminate need for cross-chain bridges (Charlie Green/Unsplash)

Finance

Visa Taps Solana and USDC Stablecoin to Boost Cross-Border Payments

The company said it is one of the first major payment institutions to use directly the Solana network for settlements.

Casa central de Visa en Foster City, California. (Wonderlane/Creative Commons)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Treads Water Below $26K

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Sept. 5, 2023.

BTC Sept. 05 2023 (CoinDesk)

Finance

BitGo Signs Strategic Agreement With Korean Heavyweight Hana Bank

The Californian company will develop custody services and security solutions, local media reported.

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Finance

Traditional Finance Exchanges Divided on Crypto Services: Survey

A World Federation of Exchanges survey found 41% of respondents already offer crypto-related products or services, with a further 24% planning to offer them in the future.

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