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

France Opens for MiCA Applications, First Among Biggest EU Economies

The French regulator has in the past welcomed crypto companies to register with it.

(Pourya Gohari / Unsplash)

Finance

Morgan Stanley to Offer Bitcoin ETFs to Wealthy Clients: CNBC

The move will take effect on Wednesday and will be open to clients with a net worth of at least $1.5 million.

Morgan Stanley (Shutterstock)

Markets

Kujira Foundation's Tokens Stung by Its Own Leveraged Positions as Bets Backfire

The developers said the team’s positions were “targeted” and they will create an operational DAO to take ownership of the Kujira Treasury and core protocols.

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Markets

Risks Are Skewed to a Weaker Nonfarm Payrolls Print, ING Says

A weak report will likely bolster Fed rate-cut expectations and potentially support risk assets, including bitcoin.

The government's jobs report for January was released Friday (David McNew/Getty Images)

Policy

Kamala Harris Can't Cede Crypto to Trump, Could be Difference in Battleground States: Think Tank

"Kamala Harris must lay out her own agenda for cryptoassets or she risks ceding the ground entirely to the Republicans," said the commentary from OMFIF’s Digital Monetary Institute.

Kamala Harris.  (Megan Varner/Getty Images)

Markets

ARK Invest Sold $14.8M of Coinbase Shares Thursday Ahead of the Exchange's Earnings Report

Coinbase revenue beat Wall Street analysts' expectations, while profit came in lower than the consensus.

Cathie Wood, CEO of ARK Invest, at Consensus 2024 by CoinDesk (Suzanne Cordiero)

Finance

Hong Kong's Futu Launches Bitcoin, Ether Trading, Offers Alibaba, Nvidia Shares as Rewards: Report

For the moment, only bitcoin and ether can be traded, while the company works on "expanding our crypto offerings in the near future."

Hong Kong (Dan Freeman/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Risk-Reward Remains Compelling Even After Price Surges 100% in a Year

Long-term holders are motivated to hold at bitcoin's going market rate, implying an attractive risk-reward for existing or potential investors, according to the "reserve risk" indicator.

(WOKANDAPIX/Pixabay)

Finance

Coinbase Shares Rise After Q2 Revenue Beats Wall Street Estimates Amid Falling Trading Volume

The crypto exchange posted better-than-expected revenue mostly due to its sales diversification strategy.

Coinbase (PiggyBank/Unsplash)

Finance

Galaxy Digital Second-Quarter Net Loss Widens as Crypto Market Retreats

The crypto market pulled back from the first-quarter's record highs during the three-month period.

Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz (Will Foxley/The Big Empty)