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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Markets

Bitcoin ETF Approval Odds Just Got Better: Bloomberg Analysts

They now see a 65% chance a U.S. spot bitcoin ETF will launch this year, up from 50% previously.

Graph superimposed over a markets monitor

Markets

Litecoin Halving Unlikely to Drive Immediate Price Gains, Past Data Show

Litecoin's blockchain will cut the per-block reward to 6.25 LTC from 12.5 LTC.

Litecoin halving (Litecoinhalving.com)

Policy

Worldcoin Suspended by Kenya on Financial Security and Privacy Concerns

Kenya is the first country to fully suspend Worldcoin operations. Data protection offices in Europe have started investigations.

Nairobi, Kenya (Amani Nation/Unsplash)

Policy

Crypto Custodian Hex Trust Expands European Foray With Registration in France

The registration, which follows last year's approval in Italy, is "a significant milestone" for its European expansion plans, Hex Trust said.

The AMF's legal analysis found that existing EU markets regulations would stifle any promising blockchain enterprise. (Credit: Bruno Bleu / Shutterstock)

Policy

Bitcoin Won’t Back U.S. Dollar, Presidential Hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy Says

The Republican candidate’s comments stand in contrast to Democratic candidate Robert F. Kennedy, who supports using bitcoin to stabilize the dollar.

Vivek Ramaswamy co-founded Strive Asset Management (Frederick Munawa)

Tech

Crisis at DeFi Giant Curve Eases After Justin Sun and Others Step In With Help

Sun said a liquidity pool that utilizes tether stablecoins issued on the Tron network would “amplify user benefits,” pointing to saving a potentially bad loan.

Consensus 2019 Justin Sun CEO TRON (CoinDesk)

Finance

Nomura’s Crypto Arm Gains Operating License Approval in Dubai

Laser Digital will start its trading and asset management business in the coming months.

Laser Digital CEO Jez Mohideen

Finance

Larry Fink Got 'Orange-Pilled', Says Galaxy Digital's Mike Novogratz: Bloomberg

Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz said Fink is "the most important thing that happened this year in bitcoin."

Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz (Suzanne Cordiero/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Policy

Bank of Korea to Exclude Seoul From CBDC Pilot Study Next Year: Report

Jeju, Busan and Incheon are in the running to be considered.

(Daniel Bernard/ Unsplash)

Web3

Fantasy-Sports Firm Sorare Looks to Increase Appeal by Diluting Crypto Association

While Sorare has over 5 million registered users, it is looking to fuel further growth by adding support for the U.S. dollar, euro and British pound.

Soccer stadium (jarmoluk/Pixabay)