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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Tecnología

Celo Migration to Layer-2 Network Is Done, Bringing in New Era for the Blockchain

The transition ends a long journey beginning back in July 2023 and a fierce competition, won by Optimism, convincing the Celo ecosystem to build with their tech.

Celo co-founders Marek Olszewski and Rene Reinsberg (Celo Foundation)

Finanzas

Abracadabra Drained of $13M in Exploit Targeting Cauldrons Tied to GMX Liquidity Tokens

The attack targeted pools tied to GMX liquidity tokens, specifically “cauldrons” using GM tokens as collateral.

Glasses in front of monitors with code (Kevin Ku/Unsplash)

Mercados

BlackRock, Securitize Expand $1.7B Tokenized Money Market Fund BUIDL to Solana

The fund now has $1.7 billion in assets and is spread across seven different blockchains as BlackRock expands its presence in the crypto space.

BlackRock headquarters (Shutterstock)

Mercados

EToro Files for IPO After Crypto Drives 2024 Revenue Surge

The trading platform is aiming to raise up to $400 million at a valuation of roughly $4.5 billion.

A magnifying glass over Etoro logo

Mercados

Binance Offboards Market Maker That It Said Made $38M Profit on MOVE Listing

The entity was offboarded on March 18, and Movement Labs and Movement Foundation teams were informed of the “irregularities with their market maker.”

A pair of hands resting on a keyboard with an iPad showing graphs and price quotes. (Kanchanara/Unsplash)

Mercados

STRF or STRK? Comparing Strategy’s Preferred Stock Offerings

The STRF sale is scheduled to close later on Tuesday, with Strategy raising approximately $711 million in net proceeds.

Photo of Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor standing. (Nikhilesh De)

Mercados

BlackRock to List Bitcoin ETP in Europe in First Crypto Foray Outside U.S.

BlackRock's IBIT is by far the largest of the 12 spot bitcoin ETFs listed in the U.S., with net assets of over $50 billion.

(Jim Henderson, modified by CoinDesk)

Finanzas

Zodia Custody COO Samuel Howe Has Left the Crypto Custodian for Traditional Finance

Sam Hill will replace Howe as COO of the London-based crypto custody firm.

(Paul Brennan/Pixabay)

Web3

PwC Italy, SKChain Advisors to Build Blockchain-Based EU Digital Identity Product

The product will enable European companies and their customers to securely access digital platforms including those in the world of Web3.

European Union (Guillaume Périgois/Unsplash)