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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Finance

European Crypto Asset Manager CoinShares to Enter U.S. Hedge Fund Fray

CEO Jean-Marie Mognetti described the move as "a natural progression", given the "changing macro environment prominently marked by interest rates and inflation."

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Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Vapid; Toncoin Leads Weekly Gains

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Sept. 22, 2023.

(Messari)

Markets

Dogecoin Beats Bitcoin in Price Stability Amid Crypto Trading Lull

DOGE's new-found stability reflects lack of investor interest in trading alternative cryptocurrencies.

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Finance

FTX Sues Former Employees of Hong Kong Affiliate, Seeks $157 Million

In the run-up to FTX's bankruptcy filing, known as the Preference Period, the defendants received the benefit of withdrawals that constitute preferential transfers, the filing said.

FTX bankruptcy estate consolidates ARB airdrop (Christine Roy/Unplash)

Finance

Stablecoin Issuer Tether Ventures Into AI With Northern Data in $427M Nvidia Chip Splurge

Damoon, a Tether subsidiary in which Northern Group acquired a stake earlier this year, has purchased $427 million of Nvidia chips for generative AI cloud computing.

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino (Bitfinex)

Markets

First Mover Americas: NFT Platform ImmutableX's IMX Token Rallies

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Sept. 21, 2023.

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Markets

Bitcoin Bulls Missing in Action After Mt. Gox Delays BTC Repayments

Rumors of Mt. Gox mulling a delay have been doing the rounds and likely catalyzed the recent bitcoin price bounce.

Bitcoin bulls are nowhere to be seen.  (Unsplash)

Finance

DraftKings' Billionaire-Backed Crypto Analytics Firm CoinScan Raises $6.3M

The company is backed by Shalom Meckenzie, the largest individual shareholder in sports betting company DraftKings.

hand holding $20 bill in front of trees

Finance

BCB Group’s Chief Banking Officer Ian Moore to Leave This Month

His planned exit follows that of the deputy CEO Noah Sharp in June.

21Shares COO has left the firm (mcmurryjulie/Pixabay)

Policy

South Koreans Hold $99B of Digital Assets Overseas: Tax Service

The crypto held abroad accounts for about 70% of all assets held outside the country.

(Daniel Bernard/ Unsplash)