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

US Senate Passes $3.5T Budget Plan

Senators voted along party lines to support a blueprint for President Joe Biden's agenda.

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Policy

Binance to Wind Down Hong Kong Derivatives Trading in Switch to 'Proactive' Compliance Stance

Regulators worldwide have said the exchange isn't authorized to conduct regulated activities in their countries.

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Markets

US Considers Banking Regulator Who's Wary of Crypto: Report

Saule Omarova is a professor of banking law and could be nominated in the next few months, the New York Times said.

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Crypto User Numbers Double in 6 Months

Research carried out by Crypto.com identified more than 220 million users of crypto by the end of June.

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Markets

Argo CEO Named Interim Chairman With US Share Sale Planned

Earlier this month the company submitted a draft registration statement to the SEC for the sale of American Depositary Shares.

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Policy

Tether Executives Facing Criminal Bank Fraud Charges: Report

The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating Tether for a possible offense conducted years ago, Bloomberg reported Monday.

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Markets

Singaporeans Are More Aware of Crypto Than Australians

Singapore received an Independent Reserve Cryptocurrency Index score of 63 for crypto awareness.

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Policy

UK Starts Consultation on Applying 'Travel Rule' to Crypto

The rule should be applied consistently “regardless of the technology being used to facilitate transfers,” the Treasury said.

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Markets

Alabama Issues 'Show Cause' Order to BlockFi

The Alabama Securities Commission alleges that BlockFi has funded cryptocurrency lending in part through the sale of unregistered securities.

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Markets

Almost Half of Family Offices With Goldman Ties Want to Add Crypto Exposure: Report

A Goldman Sachs survey of family offices found that 15% already invest in cryptocurrencies and another 45% are interested.

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