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

Bitwise Acquires London-Based ETP Provider ETC Group to Enter Europe

The acquisition of ETC Group's $1 billion in assets under management takes Bitwise's AUM above $4.5 billion.

(Artur Tumasjan / Unsplash)

Policy

Nigeria Planning to Present Law to Tax Crypto by September: Report

Enacting the law would need the support of the National Assembly.

Nigerian flag (Emmanuel Ikwuegbu/Unsplash)

Markets

First Mover Americas: XRP Outperforms as Digital Assets Start Week in the Red

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Aug. 19, 2024.

BTC price, Aug. 19 2024 (CoinDesk)

Policy

What a Dubai Court Ordering a Company to Pay Its Employee in Crypto Means

The ruling may not necessarily mean crypto is legalized for salary payment in general, two Dubai-based lawyers told CoinDesk.

Skyscrapers in Dubai (Kent Tupas/Unsplash)

Markets

Attention Bitcoin Traders, the Japanese Yen Is Strengthening Again

A similar yen outperformance early this month triggered carry unwind and rocked risk assets, including cryptocurrencies.

Tokyo, Japan (Ryo Yoshitake/Unsplash)

Policy

Nigeria Court Freezes $38M of Crypto Allegedly Sent to Support Protests in the Country: Reports

Nigerian authorities have traced $50 million of cryptocurrency sent to support recent protests, local media reported.

Lagos, Nigeria (Nupo Deyon Daniel/Unsplash)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Crypto Trades Little Changed Following Thursday's Slide

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Aug. 16, 2024.

BTC price, FMA Aug. 16 2024 (CoinDesk)

Finance

Digital Payments Platform Flexa Launches Crypto Point-of-Sale Tool

Flexa Components will allow retailers to accept crypto payments like USDC at the point of sale.

(Simon Kadula/Unsplash)

Finance

Justin Sun Bets on Memecoins With Tron-Based Token Generator

Memecoins have become a key component of the recent crypto bull market.

Consensus 2019 Justin Sun CEO TRON (CoinDesk)

Policy

Stablecoin Regulations Could Pose Problems for Tether, JPMorgan Says; USDT Issuer Claims Sour Grapes

Stablecoin issuer Tether has attracted regulatory scrutiny in the past due to its lack of transparency about the composition of its reserves, the JPMorgan report said.

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino (Tether)