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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Markets

Coinbase Shares Slump After SEC Files Suit Against Company

Major shareholders include Vanguard Group, Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest, Nikko Asset Management, Fidelity and BlackRock.

COIN slid Tuesday following a suit by the SEC against Coinbase. (TradingView)

Finance

Bitcoin-Denominated Life Insurance Provider Sets Up Shop With $19M Funding

Meanwhile's target audience is U.S. citizens with large BTC holdings, an audience from which it has "seen a lot of early demand."

(Vlad Deep/Unsplash)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Crypto Markets Stay Down Following SEC Suing Binance

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for June 6, 2023.

Crypto tokens deemed as securities by the SEC (Lyllah Ledesma/Messari)

Finance

Zodia Custody to Offer Staking to Institutional Clients Through Blockdaemon

The firm said it is the first bank-owned custodian to offer staking services to institutional clients.

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

Markets

Decentralized Exchange DYdX’s Token Spikes Almost 10% After SEC Sues Binance for Alleged Securities Violations

The surge in DYDX comes as the SEC alleges BNB and BUSD – tokens belonging to centralized exchange Binance – are unregistered security offerings.

(CryptoWatch)

Finance

Binance Executive Controlled Bank Accounts Belonging to U.S. Wing in 2019-20: Reuters

Binance.US had claimed to be independent from Binance at the time.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Retail Demand to Remain Strong Ahead of Halving Event: JPMorgan

The event will double the bitcoin production cost to around $40,000, creating a positive psychological effect, the report said.

Se prevé que el próximo halving de bitcoin sea en abril. (Shutterstock)

Finance

JPMorgan, 6 Indian Banks to Settle Dollar Trades on Onyx Blockchain System: Bloomberg

The aim of the project is to settle dollar trades in real time around the clock as opposed to over a matter of days and only during the working week

(Shutterstock)

Finance

Binance Hands Rising Star Teng Key Role to Replace CEO Zhao at Largest Crypto Exchange

Taking an expanded role overseeing regional markets outside the U.S., former regulator Richard Teng wants to demonstrate Binance is “a new organization.”

Richard Teng (Binance)

Policy

UK Lawmakers Call for a Dedicated Government Role to Oversee Crypto Regulation

The Crypto and Digital Assets All Parliamentary Group released its long-awaited inquiry into crypto on Monday.

UK Parliament Building and Big Ben, London (Ugur Akdemir/Unsplash)