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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Web3

AzukiDAO Votes on 'Reclaim' of 20K Ether After Botched Elementals NFT Mint

“We have only been given a similar profile picture to that of the original Azuki holders,” the DAO proposal reads.

Azuki Elementals (OpenSea)

Markets

Bitcoin Cash, FTX’s FTT Token and COMP Led Crypto Market Gains in June

Bitcoin cash added the most, almost tripling over the course of the month.

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Markets

Investor Enthusiasm for Coinbase Shares May Prove Short-Lived: Berenberg

The crypto exchange is faced with several risks that could trigger a reversal of the stock’s recent gains, the report said.

Paul Grewal, Chief Legal Officer, Coinbase (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Steady Near $31K After Options Expiry; Dollar Index Rises Before Key U.S. Inflation Data

With the expiry done, the supposed price magnet at $26,500 from the max pain point is gone and prices could resume the upward journey, a common pattern during the bull market days of 2021.

Bitcoin price. (CoinDesk/Highcharts.com)

Finance

Coinbase's Base Prepares for Mainnet Launch With Slew of Security Audits

Base has engaged with over 100 external security researchers to test its forthcoming layer 2 blockchain.

Base completes security audits

Finance

Julius Baer Eyes Expansion to Dubai for Crypto Services: Bloomberg

The expansion would be the private bank's first for its crypto offering beyond its native Switzerland, where it has provided digital asset services since the start of 2020.

Blockchain.com abrirá una oficina en Dubai. (Shutterlk/Shutterstock)

Finance

Developer Six Clovers Rolls Out Cross-Border Crypto Payments on Sui

The Versal Network will allow companies to transact in stablecoins and central bank digital currencies.

Payments network built on Sui (Steve Johnson/Unsplash)

Tech

Tokenization Is Likely to Transform Infrastructure and Financial Markets: Bank of America

Implementation of blockchain technology will accelerate as the opportunity cost of uncaptured efficiencies increases, the report said.

Binary digits superimposed on a cityscape with three computer screens in the foreground.

Finance

Ex-Genesis CEO Michael Moro to Head Crypto Derivatives Exchange Startup

Ankex, a non-custodial exchange with a centralized order book, is being spun out of crypto custody firm Qredo, which Moro joined in January.

Genesis Trading Michael Moro at the Crypto Bahamas event in April 2022 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

FTX Customers Have Until End-September to Submit Bankruptcy Claims

Former customers will receive an email containing a link to the Customer Claims Portal.

New FTX CEO John J. Ray III (C-Span)