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

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.

(Daniel Bernard/ Unsplash)

Markets

Crypto Market Has Evolved in the Past Year, Canaccord Says

The digital assets industry has bounced back from the collapse of crypto exchange FTX and returned to growth in the past 12 months, the report said.

Scrabble letters spelling ETF arranged a rack

Policy

Indian Court Orders Scam Websites Using Crypto Exchange Mudrex's Name to Be Taken Down

The court ordered India's Ministry of Communication to move against as many as 38 websites.

16:9 Fraud, scam (brandwayart/Pixabay)

Markets

Polymarket Bettors Miss Out on $270K Due to Pavel Durov's Early Release

Bettors were fairly sure the Telegram CEO would be released in September. His release on Wednesday tossed the market on its head.

(Pavel Durov interviewed by Tucker Carlson for his YouTube channel / Screenshot)

Finance

Binance CEO Teng Rejects Allegations the Exchange Froze All Palestinians' Funds

The crypto exchange complies with anti-money laundering legislation, he said.

Richard Teng (Binance)

Finance

Investment Firm Lemniscap Raises $70M Fund Targeting Early Stage Web3 Projects

Lemniscap is targeting zero-knowledge infrastructure, consumer applications and decentralized physical infrastructure (DePIN).

16:9 Shaishav Todi, Lemniscap General Partner, and Roderik van der Graaf, Founder and Manging Partner (Lemniscap)

Finance

WazirX Asks Singapore Court for 6 Months to Restructure Liabilities as CoinSwitch Weighs Legal Action

Indian rival CoinSwitch said it is likely to sue the hacked crypto exchange, where $9.6 million worth of deposits were held.

WazirX CEO Nischal Shetty (WazirX)

Markets

First Mover Americas: TON Blockchain Resumes After 6-Hour Outage

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Aug. 28, 2024.

TON price, FMA Aug. 28 2024 (CoinDesk)