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 Arranges Loan to Buy $6.8M of BTC

The Japanese company announced its plan to adopt bitcoin as a reserve asset to hedge against the volatility of the yen in May.

Tokyo, Japan (Ryo Yoshitake/Unsplash)

Finance

Hong Kong Digital Bank Mox Adds Crypto ETFs, Plans Direct Crypto Investing

The bank becomes one of several offering bitcoin and ether ETFs to Hong Kong customers despite relatively low demand.

Hong Kong harbor skyline view into Kowloon

Policy

UK Regulator FCA Has Issued Over 1K Warnings to Crypto Firms Since October

The FCA's actions have led to the removal of 48 apps from U.K. app stores, Lucy Castledine, the regulator's director of consumer investments, said in an interview.

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Markets

First Mover Americas: BoJ Comments Offer Relief to Crypto

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Aug. 7, 2024.

BTC price, FMA Aug. 7 2024 (CoinDesk)

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Finance

Synthetix Founder Donated Funds to Beleaguered Ex-Treasurer: EmberCN

The former treasurer was liquidated during the weekend's crypto market plunge.

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Finance

Jump Trading Allegedly Moves $29M in ETH as Ether Tops $2.5K

According to a blockchain data tracking service, Jump Trading moved large amounts of ether to an address previously used to deposit coins to centralized exchanges.

AI generating trading. (TheDigitalArtist/Pixabay)

Finance

Blockchain Protocol Nexera Suffers $1.8M Exploit, NXRA Tumbles 40%

The hacker is linked to a string of recent exploits.

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Markets

First Mover Americas: Crypto Rebounds From Monday's Chaos

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Aug 6, 2024.

BTC price, FMA Aug. 6 2024 (CoinDesk)

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Tech

Ronin Bridge Paused, Restarted After $12M Drained in Whitehat Hack

“The bridge currently secures over $850M which is safe,” co-founder @Psycheout86 said in an X post.

Bridge (Charlie Green/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin's Death Cross Is Looming Again

Indicators like the death cross are inherently lagging and offer limited predictive power.

Investors shouldn't let bitcoin's impending death cross put them under pressure. (bboellinger/Pixabay)