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

First Mover Americas: BTC Holds $26K; Hedera’s HBAR Jumps

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Sept. 14, 2023.

Sep 14, 2023

Finance

Deutsche Bank to Delve Into Crypto Custody, Tokenization With Taurus

Deutsche Bank will use Taurus’ custody and tokenization technology to manage cryptocurrencies, tokenized assets and digital assets.

Sep 14, 2023

Web3

Superapp Grab, Stablecoin Issuer Circle to Start Web3 Wallets Trial in Singapore

The Grab Web3 Wallet will be available to users of the ride hailing, food delivery and digital payments app to use vouchers in non-fungible token (NFT) form and earn rewards.

Sep 14, 2023

Jeremy Allaire, CEO of Circle (CoinDesk)

Finance

Violet’s Decentralized Exchange Mauve Goes Live for Trading Compliant and Real World Assets

The DEX was developed in a direct response to the fallout from the collapse of crypto exchange FTX.

Sep 14, 2023

Decentralized network. (Shubham Dhage/Unsplash)

Finance

Digital Trading Platform MetaComp Offers Clients Stablecoin-to-TradFi Security Path, Claiming Singapore First

Trading volume has climbed to around $50 million since the service was introduced last month.

Sep 13, 2023

Singapore skyline (Mike Enerio/Unsplash)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Binance.US CEO Departs as Company Cuts 1/3 of Workforce

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Sept. 13, 2023.

Sep 13, 2023

Finance

Nomura-Backed Custodian Komainu Adds Hidden Road to Crypto Collateral Management Platform

Hidden Road is the first provider offering digital prime brokerage services to join the ecosystem.

Sep 13, 2023

Statue of Komainu, the lion-dog (Shutterstock)

Policy

OneCoin Co-Founder Karl Greenwood Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison

U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos also ordered Greenwood to forfeit $300 million, the approximate amount he pocketed from the scheme.

Sep 13, 2023

Finance

Messaging App Telegram Gives Endorsement to TON Project; Token Surges

The messaging app has made TON its official Web3 infrastructure, giving the network exclusive promotion within the user interface

Sep 13, 2023

Telegram app on smartphone (Shutterstock)

Finance

Zodia Custody Looks to Drive Institutional Access to Polkadot Ecosystem

The company plans to provide custody for the Polkadot ecosystem, offering digital asset storage services for financial institutions

Sep 12, 2023