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

Nigeria Drops Tax Charges Against Binance Executives

The executives, Tigran Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla, are still named in a money-laundering case.

Tigran Gambaryan, Binance's head of crime compliance, is one of two executives detained in Nigeria. (Shutterstock/Consensus)

Policy

More Central Banks Are Exploring a CBDC, BIS Survey Finds

There's a greater chance of a wholesale CBDC being issued within six years than a retail one, according to the report.

BIS building (BIS)

Policy

Taiwan Crypto Advocacy Body Becomes Formally Active With 24 Entities

The body will act as a bridge between the private sector and the government in supervising the industry.

(Timo Volz/Unsplah)

Markets

Here's Why Bitcoin's Not Keeping Pace With Nasdaq

Bitcoin declined 6% in a week even as Nasdaq rallied to record highs.

(Mike_68/Pixabay)

Markets

Bitcoin Could Hit $1M Within 10 Years, Bernstein Says as It Initiates Coverage of MicroStrategy

The broker assigned the software company an outperform rating and a $2,890 price target.

MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin ETFs See $226M Outflows Led by Fidelity’s FBTC

BlackRock’s IBIT was the only ETF posting a net inflow on Thursday, while most of the funds recorded outflows.

Heavily shorted crypto stocks like MicroStrategy could be poised to shoot up. (Mediamodifier/Pixabay)

Finance

Crypto Hacks Net $19B Since 2011 and Illegal Activity on Blockchain Is Still Growing

In the past 13 years, 785 crypto thefts have taken place, Crystal Intelligence says.

Hacker (Towfiqu Barbhuiya/Unsplash)

Policy

Crypto Mixers, Privacy Coins, Layer 2s Complicate Tracing for Law Enforcement, EU Innovation Hub Says

Separately, France's markets regulator said crypto remains a high risk for money laundering.

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

Finance

Metaplanet Discloses $1.6M BTC Purchase; Shares Jump 10%

The investment firm now owns 141 BTC, worth about $9.4 million.

Cityscape Tokyo, Japan (Ryo Yoshitake/Unsplash)

Policy

Crypto Exchange Crypto.com Secures Spot on Ireland's Virtual Assets Service Provider Register

The company has also received approval in Dubai, U.K., the Netherlands and Spain.

Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek (CoinDesk)