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

Binance to Quit Netherlands After Failing to Acquire License

The crypto exchange's attempt to secure a virtual asset service provider (VASP) license from the Dutch regulator was unsuccessful.

The Dutch Central Bank cited its nation’s declining use of physical cash as one of the reasons it may do well with a CBDC trial. (Credit: Shutterstock)

Tech

Unveiling the Uniswap Foundation's Bridge Report: Winners and Losers

Wormhole and Axelar take top honors after a months-long assessment process aimed at addressing concerns with Uniswap’s previous bridge selection practices.

Puente. (Aleksandr Barsukov/Unsplash)

Finance

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong’s ResearchHub Startup Raises $5M in Funding

The Series A round was led by Open Source Software Capital with participation from Boost VC, RedHat's Bob Young, Vercel’s Guillermo Rauch and Replit's Amjad Masad.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (CoinDesk archives)

Tech

Polkadot Revamps Governance System, Removes ‘First Class Citizen’ Voting Groups

The new Polkadot OpenGov system allows multiple voting tracks to take place simultaneously without bottlenecks.

The Polkadot pavilion on the Promenade at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland (Sandali Handagama/CoinDesk)

Policy

EU’s Leaked Digital Euro Bill Outlaws Interest, Large Holdings, Programmability

The central bank digital currency must be usable offline from day 1 to safeguard privacy, the draft law says.

The EU is considering whether to issue digital currency. (stubblepatrol.com/Flickr)

Markets

Bitcoin Halving History Provides Little Guidance on Outcome: Coinbase

The block reward halving event is often viewed positively as it enhances the cryptocurrency’s prospective scarcity, the report said.

Image: Shutterstock

Finance

Crypto Exchange OKX Wins Preparatory License in Dubai, Set to Boost Staff

Once the so-called MVP license becomes operational, OKX Middle East will offer spot, derivatives and fiat services including U.S. dollar and UAE dirham deposits and withdrawals.

Tim Byun (OKX)

Markets

XRP, ADA Lead Declines in Major Cryptocurrencies as Bitcoin Drops Below $25K

Losses on major tokens extended to over 7.4% in the past 24 hours, data shows.

Bear (mana5280/Unsplash)

Finance

Interoperability Protocol Connext Labs Raises $7.5M at $250M Valuation

Connext said it is "building the HTTP of Web3" to create a communication layer across different blockchain networks.

Senjin Pojskić from Pixabay

Finance

Strike Expands Lightning-Powered Cross-Border Payments to Mexico

The company says Mexico is the largest market for remittances from the U.S.

Bandera de México. (Unsplash)