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

Metaplanet Buys Another $1.2M Worth of Bitcoin as Investment Strategy Progresses

The Japanese investment adviser said it acquired more than 20.2 BTC.

Tokyo, Japan (Ryo Yoshitake/Unsplash)

Finance

Prime Broker Hidden Road Adds Major Crypto Exchanges, Expands Use of BlackRock’s BUIDL Token

Hidden Road is now integrated with Coinbase International Exchange, OKX, Deribit, Bitfinex, AsiaNext, SIX Digital Exchange and Bullish.

Michael Higgins, global head of business development at Hidden Road (Hidden Road)

Finance

Sony to Restart Japanese Crypto Exchange Whalefin Purchased From Amber Group in 2023

The technology giant has dabbled in Web3 through partnerships and investments in startups.

(Shutterstock)

Markets

Kaspa's KAS Token Bucks Broader Market, Surges 26% in a Week

The rally was accompanied by an even-bigger surge in futures open interest.

KAS is the best performer of the past seven days. (Coingecko)

Policy

Kraken Co-Founder Jesse Powell Donates $1M, Mostly Ether, to Donald Trump

Powell said he is supporting the only major pro-crypto party candidate.

Kraken co-founder Jesse Powell (CoinDesk)

Policy

EU's Restrictive Stablecoin Rules Take Effect Soon and Issuers Are Running Out of Time

The European Banking Authority published its final report on draft standards for stablecoin issuers on June 19.

The EU's MiCA law starts to take effect at end-2024. (Pixabay)

Finance

VanEck Files for Solana ETF, SOL Rises 8%

The filing is the first Solana ETF to be filed in the U.S. and follows six days after a similar product filing in Canada.

VanEck

Markets

First Mover Americas: BTC’s Recovery Stalls as Dollar Rallies

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for June 27, 2024.

BTC's price chart. (CoinDesk)

Finance

State Street, Galaxy Digital to Develop Active Crypto Trading Products

Galaxy Digital inked a similar deal with DWS last year for the European market.

State Street building in London (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Tech

Ora, Aiming to 'Unlock Design Space for AI Dapps,' Raises $20M

The blockchain project, founded in 2022, aims to incorporate AI into decentralized applications with its "on-chain AI oracle."

Ora co-founder Kartin Wong (Kartin Wong/Ora)