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

'Golden Boys' Move on CompoundDAO Wasn't a Governance Attack: Tally Protocol CEO

Sitting on the sidelines during the democratic process means you can't complain about the result, the CEO and co-founder of a DAO vote-counting protocol said.

(Phil Hearing/Unsplash)

Finance

Crypto Lending Firm Morpho Bags $50M in Funding Round Led by Ribbit Capital

The strategic funding round included a16z, Coinbase Ventures, Variant, Pantera and Brevan Howard.

Paul Frambot, CEO Morpho Labs (Morpho)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Crypto Markets Reel on Geopolitical Risk

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Aug. 1, 2024.

BTC price, FMA Aug 1 2024 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Indicator That Forewarned Late 2023 Volatility Explosion Is Lighting Up Again

Bitcoin's Bollinger bandwidth has narrowed to levels that have historically preceded volatility explosions.

Bollinger bandwidth can predict increasingly turbulent times for bitcoin. (RitaE/Pixabay)

Finance

Ripple to Allocate $10M to Tokenized U.S. Treasury Bills on XRP Ledger

This is part of a larger fund that Ripple will allocate to tokenized T-bills provided by OpenEden and other issuers.

Ripple (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Donald Trump Site Lists Limited-Edition 'Bitcoin Sneakers' for as Much as $500 a Pair

The most expensive bright orange, high-top sneakers are already sold out and being relisted on eBay for as high as $2,500.

Bitcoin price could be tied to the outcome of the U.S. election, Jefferies said. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

OKX Ventures, Aptos Foundation Initiate $10M Fund for the Move-Based Layer-1 Ecosystem

The fund will be used to develop an accelerator program for projects built on Aptos.

Aptos founders Mo Shaikh, left, and Avery Ching (Aptos Labs)

Finance

Lloyd’s of London-Backed Insurance Policies Can Now Be Paid for in Crypto on Ethereum

Cryptocurrency insurance underwriter Evertas, a Lloyd’s coverholder, has teamed up with smart contract-based insurance marketplace Nayms to offer the on-chain policies.

Inside the Lloyd's of London insurance market. (Lloyd's of London)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Crypto Market Stabilizes After Nursing Losses

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for July 31, 2024.

XRP price, FMA July 31 2024 (CoinDesk)