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

MicroStrategy Buys Another $94.2M of Bitcoin

As of Dec. 29, the company held about 124,391 bitcoins purchased at an average price of $30,159.

MicroStrategy executive chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

Arsenal FC Fan Token Ads Criticized by UK Regulator

The Advertising Standards Authority said the ads were irresponsible for trivializing investment in crypto assets.

Arsenal stadium

Policy

Bank of England to Ramp Up Talks on Crypto Rules as Data Is Hard to Find: Report

International cooperation is required to gather the information needed to evaluate crypto risks to the global financial system.

Bank of England (PeterRoe/Pixabay)

Policy

BOE Says Growth of Crypto Could Pose Risks for Financial Stability

The pace means the assets could pose risks to U.K. financial stability as they become more linked to the wider economy.

Bank of England

Finance

SK Square to Demand Metaverse Presence for Portfolio Companies: Report

The requirement marks a move into a new environment compared with the traditional investments of South Korea’s largest industry groups.

Seoul

Finance

MicroStrategy Says It Bought 1,434 Bitcoins Since Nov. 29

The company held about 122,478 bitcoins as of Dec. 8, for a value of about $6 billion.

MicroStrategy executive chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

Argo, Celsius End Mining-Services Pact as They Settle US Court Case

Argo will pay $6.3 million to cover its outstanding bill, and Celsius will give an unspecified amount of bitcoin to the miner.

Crypto mining machines

Finance

Axie Infinity Plot Sells for $2.5M

The sale follows a $3.2 million purchase of virtual real estate in Decentraland earlier this week.

Axies from the play-to-earn game Axie Infinity.

Finance

FC Barcelona Joins NFT Rush With Moments From 122 Years of History

The world’s second-most valuable soccer club plans to auction NFTs through the Ownix marketplace.

FC Barcelona fans. Credit: Shutterstock/Christian Bertrand

Finance

Sphere 3D, Gryphon Sign Hosting Services Deal With Core Scientific

The agreement covers as many as 71,000 bitcoin mining machines.

Core Scientific's mining facility in Calvert City, Ky. (CoinDesk archives)