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

Core Scientific Plans to Go Public in SPAC Deal

The company will be valued at $4.3 billion.

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

Markets

Zed Run Developer VHS Raises $20M in Funding Round Led by TCG

The Australian company, founded in 2018, has developed a blockchain-based, virtual horse-racing game called Zed Run.

horse, race

Finance

Titan Raises $58M in Series B Round Led by A16z

The company is a mobile-first investment platform that allows clients to have their capital actively managed in long-term strategies.

US Dollars

Tech

Binance Pool to Halt BSV Mining Services at End of July

Clients using BSV mining will need to manually switch to BTC mining or Binance Smart Pool.

Crypto mining machines

Finance

Signature Bank Adds $6.3B in Deposits from Digital Asset Customers

The figure compares with growth of $3.77 billion in the first quarter.

Signature Bank CEO Joseph DePaolo

Finance

J.C. Flowers to Buy 30% of LMAX for $300M

The stake values LMAX, which operates exchanges for forex and crypto trades, at $1 billion.

LMAX CEO David Mercer

Policy

Italian Regulator Says Binance Is Unauthorized

The regulator said last month the unsupervised spread of crypto was a cause for concern.

Rome

Markets

Binance Suspends Sterling Withdrawals Again: Report

The exchange's move reportedly came after Faster Payments ended its agreement with Binance.

Union Jack Flag

Finance

CoinShares to Buy Elwood's ETF Index Business for $17M

The purchase also gives CoinShares access to Elwood’s equity-research team.

CoinShares CEO Jean-Marie Mognetti

Policy

South Africa to Accelerate Crypto Regulation in Wake of Scams: Report

A regulatory structure should be in place in three to six months.

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