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

UBS Prices First Bond to Be Listed, Settled on a Digital Exchange

The 375 million Swiss franc three-year bond has a 2.33% yield.

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Finance

Hodlnaut Judicial Managers Say Lender Lost $189.7M in Terra Collapse

The company's records were not properly maintained and some company executives are not cooperating, the managers said in a report.

Singapore's Skyline (Swapnil Bapat/Unsplash)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Core Scientific's Shares Plummet After Bankruptcy Warning

The world's largest bitcoin miner said it will not make payments that are due in the next few days as its reserves dwindle.

Core Scientific facility in North Carolina. (Core Scientific)

Finance

Elon Musk Sends Second Letter Terminating Twitter Acquisition

The letter follows one sent July, in case the earlier one is deemed invalid, according to a filing.

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Finance

Galaxy Digital Abandons $1.2B Plan to Acquire Crypto Custody Firm BitGo

The $1.2 billion deal was announced May 2021 and was expected to close by the end of that year.

Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto-Miner Mawson Says CFO Resigns

The company appointed Ariel Sivikofsy as a consultant until it selects a replacement.

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Finance

Voyager Digital Plunges on Three Arrows Exposure, Analyst Downgrade

The crypto broker said it's on the hook for about $370 million of bitcoin and $350 million of USDC and has asked for a repayment installment by Friday.

Steve Ehrlich, co-founder and CEO of Voyager

Finance

Binance's Bahrain License Upgraded for More Crypto Services

Binance Bahrain was granted a preliminary license in December and full license in March.

Manama, Bahrain

Finance

Elon Musk Offers to Buy Twitter to Take Company Private

Tron founder Justin Sun responded by tweeting he would offer $60 a share, compared with Musk's $54.20.

GRUENHEIDE, GERMANY - AUGUST 13: Tesla CEO Elon Musk talks during a tour of the plant of the future foundry of the Tesla Gigafactory on August 13, 2021 in Grünheide near Berlin, Germany. The US company plans to build around 500,000 of the compact Model 3 and Model Y series here every year. (Photo by Patrick Pleul - Pool/Getty Images)

Finance

Binance Eyes Non-Crypto Acquisitions to Enlarge Total Market: Report

“The strategy is about making the crypto industry bigger,” CEO Changpeng Zhao said.

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (Adam Levine/CoinDesk)