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

Trump Family-Linked Firms Profited $320M on Memecoin Despite 87% Decline Since Day One

Data from Chainalysis show the creators of the TRUMP token made $320 million in fees while retail investors lost money.

Donald Trump speaking at the White House crypto summit. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

Coinbase Divides Wall Street Analysts After Earnings Miss, Deribit Takeover

The crypto exchange's broadening product suite and dominant U.S. market position set it up well for the long term, many analysts said.

Coinbase. (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

Policy

Gemini Secures MiFID II License From Malta to Offer Derivatives in EEA

The license awarded by the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) will enable the company to offer perpetual futures and other derivatives across Europe.

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss (Joe Raedle / Getty Images)

Markets

DOGE, XRP, ETH, SOL Follow Bitcoin Through the Cloud as Altcoin Momentum Builds

Top altcoins are mimicking BTC's late April bullish breakout that set the stage for a rally to $100,000.

Clouds photographed from above.  (wal_172619/Pixabay)

Markets

Germany Seizes $38M From Crypto Platform Suspected of Laundering Bybit, Genesis Hack Proceeds

EXch served as a hub for over $1.9 billion in illicit crypto transfers, authorities said, with funds tied to both high-profile hacks and phishing operations.

A hooded figure sits typing on a laptop in a darkened (Pixabay)

Markets

Bitcoin $120K Target for 2Q May Be Too Conservative: Standard Chartered

Spot bitcoin ETF net inflows totaled over $4 billion in the last three weeks, when adjusted for hedge fund basis trades, the bank said.

Standard Chartered. (Shutterstock)

Markets

Breakout Alert: Ether, Bitcoin Cash-Bitcoin Ratio Break Downtrends as DOGE, SHIB Bottom Out

ETH, BCH and top memecoins are flashing bullish chart patterns.

Close-up of the head of a statue of a bull (cjweaver13/Pixabay)

Markets

Much-Awaited Fed Rate Cut May Not Come Before Q4, ING Says

Delayed rate cuts could be more aggressive when they happen, the investment bank said.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference