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

Societe Generale Becomes First Company to Win French Crypto License

SG Forge is licensed to provide buying and selling, exchange and custody of digital assets.

SocGen branch

Finance

Crypto Miner Argo Blockchain Raises $7.5M in Share Sale; Stock Slumps

Proceeds from the private placing and public sale will be used to pay down debt.

Riot Platforms’ acquisition of Block Mining makes sense, JPMorgan says. (Sandali Handagama)

Policy

Deadlines for U.S. Spot Bitcoin ETF Approvals Come Into Sight

The applications by industry giant BlackRock and others have sparked speculation approval will be granted.

(Shutterstock)

Finance

Crypto Insurer Evertas Buys Bitcoin Mining Cover Specialist Bitsure

Evertas has snagged the authority to offer mining policy limits of up to $200 million per location.

Bitmain Antminer mining rigs (Christie Harkin/CoinDesk)

Policy

Even Unpaid Social Media Crypto Promotions May Breach UK Ad Rules: Financial Regulator

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) gained oversight of crypto promotions with the approval of the Financial Services and Markets Act last month.

Photo of people entering the FCA building

Policy

Coinbase Earn Is Particularly Vulnerable to Being Defined as a Security: Berenberg

The crypto exchange is still faced with significant regulatory challenges, the report said.

Coinbase Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Policy

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong to Meet House Democrats About Crypto Legislation: Bloomberg

Armstrong will meet privately with Congress members from the New Democrat Coalition.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (CoinDesk)

Tech

Nil Foundation and Semiconductor Startup Partner to Collaborate on ZK Proofs Software, Hardware

The effort will accelerate the deployment of zero-knowledge proofs, one of the hottest trends in blockchain technology, they said.

(Israel Palacio/Unsplash)

Policy

EU's Data Act Final Draft Still Contains Controversial Smart Contract Kill Switch

Lawmakers appear to have largely ignored pleas from organizations linked to Polygon, NEAR and Cardano about the clause, according to a final version of the text seen by CoinDesk

The EU's Data Act regulates smart contracts (Pixabay)

Policy

SEC Launches Review of Latest Bitcoin ETF Applications

The clock on the SEC's review process doesn't formally start ticking until the filings are published in the federal register.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has postponed spot bitcoin ETF responses for two applicants.  (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)