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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Finanzas

Bitcoin Asset Manager Onramp Unveils Multisig Platform, Adds BitGo to Custodians

With multisig security, several custodians control the private keys to the bitcoin being held. BitGo will perform this role alongside Coincover and Kingdom Trust.

hand holding a pen to sign a document

Mercados

First Mover Americas: New York AG Sues Gemini, DCG, Genesis

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Oct. 19, 2023.

Genesis (Spencer Wing/Pixabay)

Regulación

Gemini, Genesis, DCG Sued by New York AG for Allegedly Defrauding Investors of $1B

The lawsuit alleges Gemini knew Genesis’ loans were undersecured and, at one point, highly concentrated with Sam Bankman-Fried’s Alameda Research but did not reveal this information to investors.

Barry Silbert. CEO & Founder Digital Currency Group (DCG)

Mercados

Bitcoin ETF Rumor Had a Silver Lining and It's Apparent in the Crypto Options Market

The bitcoin options market has flipped bullish across different timeframes since Monday's erroneous ETF report.

(Jonny Clow/Unsplash)

Regulación

Do Kwon’s SEC Case May Hinge on Role of Jump Trading, Court Documents Show

Kwon has been accused of misleading investors about the terraUSD stablecoin, whose 2022 collapse ricocheted around the crypto world.

Do Kwon, whose TerraUSD and Luna tokens collapsed in 2022, fueling the crypto winter (Terra)

Mercados

The Crypto Winter May Be Over: Morgan Stanley Wealth Management

Most of bitcoin’s gains come directly after the halving, and the next such event is expected in April 2024, the firm said.

cherry blossom

Finanzas

Nomura-Backed Komainu Joins Crypto Custodian Copper’s ClearLoop Network

Komainu clients will be able to benefit from the firm’s on-chain custody while gaining access to off-exchange settlement over ClearLoop.

head and shoulders photo of Komainu CEO Nicolas Bertrand

Regulación

U.S. Sen. Warren Leads Lawmakers to Push Administration on Crypto-Backed Terrorism

In a letter to top U.S. security officials, 102 lawmakers demanded to know what the Treasury Department and others are doing to prevent the use of crypto to finance terrorism.

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and more than a hundred lawmaker colleagues from both parties are pushing the Biden administration to address crypto-backed terrorism. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Regulación

Digital Euro Project Moves to 'Preparation' Phase

The move is not a decision to issue a central bank digital currency, the European Central Bank said Wednesday.

(MichaelM/Pixabay)

Finanzas

U.S. Crypto Regulatory Fog Keeps Standard Chartered Rooted in UAE, Asia

Standard Chartered chose Dubai as its base for launching crypto services. Reading between the lines, the message coming from banks and large institutions is that almost anywhere is preferable to the U.S.

Standard Chartered, majority owner of Zodia Custody. (Shutterstock)