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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Policy

Israeli Lawmakers Support Axing Crypto Capital Gains Tax for Foreigners

A bill exempting foreign residents from capital gains taxes on crypto sales, and lowering tax on stock-options-like crypto options for employees has passed a preliminary reading in the Knesset.

Israel's parliament. (Rafael Nir/Unsplash)

Finance

Valkyrie Refiles for Spot Bitcoin ETF With Coinbase as Surveillance Partner

The asset manager first filed for a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund in January 2021.

Canary Capital founder and CEO Steve McClurg (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

Crypto Trading Volumes Rise for First Time in 3 Months Amid ETF Optimism

Even so, spot trading volumes are at historically low levels.

(CCData)

Finance

Aave Holders Vote on Proposal for DeFi Protocol to Convert 1,600 Ether Into wstETH and rETH

The Aave token has risen by 7.24% in the past 24 hours.

(Arnaud Jaegers/Unsplash)

Finance

Crypto Custodian Cobo Argus Scores $100M in Value Locked One Week After Going Live

Argus V2 supports all open-source DeFi protocols and lets traders utilize DeFi bots to automatically monetize farming rewards, compounding and token swapping.

(Unsplash)

Policy

UK Lords Pass Bill to Help Seize and Freeze Crypto Used for Crime

The bill, introduced in September, now enters its final stages in Parliament.

(King's Church International/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin, Ether Supply on Exchanges Fell in June: Goldman Sachs

Still, bitcoin miners’ inventory sales climbed to a record as they took advantage of the cryptocurrency’s strong performance, the report said.

Crypto exchanges are facing regulatory headwinds. (Dimitris Vetsikas/Pixabay)

Markets

Bitcoin May Be Forming a 'Bull Flag' on Price Chart: Technical Analysis

A bullish flag looks to be forming and would be completed on a breakout above $31,900, analysts at Fairlead Strategies said.

Bitcoin may be forming a "bull flag" (CoinDesk/Highcharts.com)

Markets

Pepecoin Knockoffs Turn Dollars to Fortunes in Strange New ‘2.0’ Play

Copies of several meme coins have popped across the board in a trend that’s likely to die out within weeks.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

Belarus Looks to Ban Peer-to-Peer Crypto Transactions to Reduce Fraud

The east European country is working on legislation to make it harder for fraudsters to get their hands on the proceeds of crime.

Belarus (Egor Kunovsky/ Unsplash)