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

My Big Coin Founder Gets 8-Year Jail Sentence for Fraud

Randall Crater, 52, was convicted in July of defrauding investors of more than $6 million.

French authorities sentenced two men to jail for using crypto to fund terrorism in Syria (Shutterstock)

Finance

Argo Blockchain Suspends Trading in US Shares for 24 Hours

The company said earlier this month it was close to restructuring without having to declare bankruptcy.

Argo Blockchain's Helios facility in Dickens County, Texas. (Argo Blockchain)

Finance

Crypto Lender Nexo Canvasses Vauld Creditors Directly With Final Takeover Offer

In an open letter, Nexo said earlier offers were misrepresented and it wanted to deal directly with the creditors.

(Muhammad Ribkhan/Pixabay)

Finance

Defrost Finance Says Hacked Funds Have Been Returned

The hack, which some observers had characterized as a rug pull, was estimated to have netted $12 million.

(Shutterstock)

Finance

Crypto Lender Vauld Calls Off Potential Acquisition by Rival Nexo

Vauld applied in Singapore for protection from creditors in July and signed an initial agreement with Nexo the same month. Nexo, however, said talks are still taking place.

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Finance

Defrost Finance Hacked in Attack Some Say May Have Been a Rug Pull

The total value of funds locked on the protocol had dropped to less $93,000 on Sunday from about $13 million, Defi Llama data shows.

(Shutterstock)

Finance

Class-Action Suit Against Crypto Miner Iris Energy Quickly Withdrawn

The lawsuit, filed in the District Court for the District of New Jersey, was withdrawn a day after it was filed.

Antminer bitcoin mining rigs displayed at Consensus 2021 (Christie Harkin/CoinDesk)

Finance

Bitcoin Group Agrees to Buy German Bank Bankhaus von der Heydt for More Than $15M

The transaction is expected to be completed by the third quarter of 2023.

(Shutterstock)

Finance

Liquid Global, Crypto Exchange Owned by FTX, Halts Withdrawals

The Japanese exchange was acquired by FTX earlier this year.

Safe to offer governance token for its DAO. (Creative Commons)

Policy

FTX's Regional Crypto Exchanges Slowly Reopen Withdrawals

The exchange's Japan and Turkey subsidiaries are slowly allowing customers to withdraw small amounts to their bank accounts.

(Leon Neal/Getty Images)