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

Markets

Michael Saylor’s Massive Bitcoin Bet Crosses $1B in Unrealized Profit

Saylor’s business software company, MicroStrategy, held more than 158,000 bitcoins as of Friday.

Nov 10, 2023

MicroStrategy Executive Director Michael Saylor (CoinDesk)

Policy

EU Parliament Approves Data Act With Smart-Contract Kill Switch Provision

The final version of the bill's text, reviewed by CoinDesk in July, revealed that it contained a smart-contract kill switch clause.

Nov 9, 2023

European regulators will focus more on banks' exposure to crypto-linked entities. (Christian Lue/Unsplash)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Tops $37K

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Nov. 9, 2023.

Nov 9, 2023

Finance

Polygon Labs Commences $85M Grant Program to Draw Builders to Its Ecosystem

Polygon Labs is offering 110 million of its native token, MATIC, to projects in DeFi, gaming and social media, among others.

Nov 9, 2023

Polygon co-founders Sandeep Nailwal, Jordi Baylina and Antoni Martin (Polygon)

Policy

India's Controversial Crypto Tax Should Be Cut After Failing to Achieve Aims, Think Tank Urges

The government lost $420 million in potential revenue and failed to improve transparency because the tax regime prompted as many as 5 million crypto users to shift transactions offshore, a new study found.

Nov 9, 2023

Markets

U.S. Crypto Stocks Ride BTC Momentum in Pre-Market Trading

COIN, MSTR, HOOD and mining stocks all showed upward movement in pre-market trading after bitcoin rose to its highest level in 18 months.

Nov 9, 2023

Finance

Standard Chartered, SBI Holdings Establishing $100M Investment Firm Targeting Crypto Startups

SC Ventures and SBI Holdings' Digital Asset Joint Venture investment company will be established in UAE and focus on firms in market infrastructure, risk and compliance, DeFi and tokenization

Nov 9, 2023

Policy

Competition in Digital Markets Hits G7 Nations' Radar

The group agreed to scan for early warning signs of disruption in the distribution of market power.

Nov 9, 2023

Finance

Founder of Estonia's LHV Bank Lost Access to $472M of Ether

"It's no secret that I have a wallet with 250,000 Ethereum units," Rain Lõhmus said in an interview with Estonian national radio channel Vikerraadio in late October.

Nov 8, 2023

Markets

First Mover Americas: Binance Unveils Self-Custody Wallet

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Nov. 8, 2023.

Nov 8, 2023