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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Finanza

FTX Can Start Mediation, File Counterclaims in BlockFi Bankruptcy Case, Judge Rules

BlockFi filed for bankruptcy in late November last year, in part because of the ripple effects of the sudden collapse of FTX, which triggered an automatic stay that halted proceedings between the two.

BlockFi CEO Zac Prince (right) (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Web3

Social Network MeWe Heralds Migration of Users to Web3 From Web2

MeWe said at Consensus 2023 in April that it would be adopting the Polkadot parachain Frequency to bring self-sovereign blockchain-based identities to its 20 million users

Left to right: Braxton Woodham, Patrick Murck, Jeffrey Edell and Ursula O’Kuinghttons (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Politiche

UK Cabinet Reshuffle Gives Bim Afolami Responsibility for Crypto, CBDC, Replacing Griffith

His predecessor, Andrew Griffith, will head up the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.

U.K Economic Secretary Bim Afolami (U.K. Parliament)

Mercati

Bitcoin Spot ETFs Will Introduce Crypto to Broader Investor Base: Coinbase

Spot ETFs are likely to lay the foundation for a more regulated market, with greater inclusion and a significant growth in demand, the report said.

(Alpha Photo/Flickr)

Finanza

Former FTX, Alameda Executives to Start New Crypto Exchange: WSJ

Former FTX general counsel Can Sun, who was a key witness in the Sam Bankman-Fried trial, and former Alameda Research software developer Armani Ferrante are building a Dubai-based exchange called Backpack Exchange.

Can Sun, former FTX general counsel, leaves a New York courthouse after testifying against Sam Bankman-Fried on Oct. 19, 2023. (Nik De/CoinDesk)

Finanza

FTX Sues Bybit to Claw Back $953M in 'Misappropriated Funds'

The FTX estate says the funds were "preferentially" or "fraudulently" transferred to Bybit and affiliates in the lead up to its November 2022, bankruptcy filing.

(QuinceCreative/Pixabay)

Finanza

Cboe Digital to Launch Margined Futures for Bitcoin, Ether

Cboe will become the first regulated U.S. exchange to offer both spot and futures markets on a single platform.

(Neal Kharawala/Unsplash)

Mercati

First Mover Americas: Grayscale’s GBTC Discount Narrows to 10%

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Nov. 13, 2023.

GBTC Advertisement John F. Kennedy Airport (Lyllah Ledesma/CoinDesk)

Finanza

Grayscale's Solana Trust Trades at 869% Premium as Institutions Flock to SOL

The rise in premium comes as CME Group overtook Binance in share of the crypto derivatives market, a sign of institutional interest.

Solana chart (CoinDesk data)

Finanza

Bitget's Hong Kong Unit Halts Operations, Won't Apply for Crypto License

BitgetX HK, which launched in April, is withdrawing from Hong Kong and will shut operations on Dec. 13.

Hong Kong harbor skyline view into Kowloon