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

Key Week for Bitcoin and the Dollar Index

This week's slew of U.S. economic data will determine whether the dollar continues to weaken, offering a tailwind to BTC and other risk assets.

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Finance

Brevan Howard-Backed Tokenization Firm Libre Arrives on NEAR Blockchain

NEAR Protocol’s cross-chain signing feature will allow users on multiple blockchains to transact with Libre’s selection of tokenized credit and hedge funds.

Libre CEO Avtar Sehra (Libre)

Finance

Extremely Unlikely WazirX Customers Will Be Made Whole in Crypto Terms: Legal Advisers

WazirX co-founder Nischal Shetty said the numbers are as of today and the objective is to reduce the gap through various efforts.

WazirX CEO Nischal Shetty (WazirX)

Markets

Bitcoin Recovers to $58.3K at Start of Seasonally Bearish September

Memecoin DOGE led losses among major tokens with a 5% slide in the past 24 hours ahead of the Labor Day holiday in the U.S.

“Blackie,” a collectible Beanie Baby, sat on the desk of legendary American investor Bill Gross as a representation of a “bear” market. (National Museum of American History, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

First Mover Americas: BTC Little Changed, on Course to End August Down 8%

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Aug. 30, 2024.

BTC price, FMA Aug. 30 (CoinDesk)

Finance

Bridge Fundraising for Stablecoin-Based Payments Network Totals $58M: Report

Bridge, founded by Square and Coinbase alumni, recently raised $40 million in a round led by Sequoia and Ribbit.

Bridge (Charlie Green/Unsplash)

Policy

Elon Musk, Tesla Win Dismissal of Lawsuit Alleging Dogecoin Market Manipulation

A group of investors in 2022 alleged that Elon Musk and his company had manipulated the price of dogecoin using their X (then Twitter) accounts.

(Dogecoin)

Policy

Banks Using Permissionless Blockchains for Transactions Face Multiple Risks: BIS

Risks include operations and security, governance, legal, settlement finality and compliance, the report said.

BIS building (BIS)

Policy

Cash-to-Crypto Industry Dominated by ATMs Is a Law-Enforcement Concern: TRM Labs

Since 2019, the cash-to-crypto industry– which is dominated by crypto ATMs – has processed at least $160 million in illicit trades, TRM Labs said.

(Aleksandr Popov/Unsplash)

Policy

CEO of South Korean Crypto Firm Haru Invest Stabbed During Trial: Reuters

The executive was taken to hospital; his injuries are not life threatening.

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