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

Zero Gravity Labs Raises $40M for Decentralized AI Operating System

The seed round included contributions from Hack VC, Delphi Digital, OKX Ventures, Polygon and Animoca Brands

Zero gravity (Pixabay)

Finance

Copper to Offer Custody Services for Tokenized Money Market Funds Such as BlackRock's BUIDL

The crypto custodian's clients can use money market fund tokens as collateral in derivatives trades after the company received approval from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) in Abu Dhabi.

Amar Kuchinad, Copper's global CEO (Copper)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Consolidates After Encountering Resistance at $90K

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Nov. 13, 2024.

BTC price, FMA Nov. 13 2024 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Ether ETFs in the Black for the First Time After 5 Days of Inflows

Following their listing, ether ETFs did not enjoy the same response as their bitcoin equivalents had done in January

Scrabble letters spelling ETF arranged a rack

Policy

Money Launderer Who Moved Scam Victims' Funds Faces Up to Two Decades in U.S. Prison

Daren Li oversaw the transfer of more than $73 million from crypto scam victims to wallets he and his co-conspirators controlled.

Daren Li pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering. (Pixabay)

Markets

Bitcoin Price Rally Hits a Wall at $90K Resistance While FX Traders Back the Dollar Bull Run

All we would say here is not to fight this emerging dollar uptrend, ING said.

(engin akyurt/Unsplash)

Policy

South Korean Police Arrest 215 in Suspected $232M Crypto Investment Scam Investigation: Yonhap

The scheme promised 20x returns through investing in tokens that in reality had little value.

A scattering of 50,000 South Korean-won notes

Finance

AI Firm Genius Group Adopts Bitcoin as Primary Treasury Asset; Shares Spike 50%

Shares are now trading at $0.70 after initially spiking up to $1.

Night view of Singapore taken across the water.

Policy

Central Bank Group BIS Names Hernández de Cos as Next General Manager

ES Pablo Hernández de Cos has called for digital euro implementation and helped put in place global crypto banking rules.

BIS building (BIS)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Flirts With $90K in Volatile Trading Session

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Nov. 12, 2024.

BTC price, FMA Nov. 12 2024 (CoinDesk)