Sheldon Reback

Sheldon Reback

Sheldon Reback is CoinDesk's European news editor. 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 subsequently managed the Bloomberg Terminal's main news page before becoming the European editor for a global project to produce short, chart-based stories across the newsroom. His previous work as a journalist took him to Hong Kong, where he reported and edited for several technology magazines, and he also has experience in market research and writing computer manuals. Sheldon has an MBA from the London Business School and an industrial chemistry degree from Brunel University. He owns a small amount of ether.

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Binance Asks UK Competition Tribunal to Throw Out Most of Collusion Case: Reuters
The case relates to the delisting of the BSV token in 2019.
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MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk)
MicroStrategy Founder Michael Saylor Agrees to $40M Settlement in D.C. Income Tax Case
The District of Columbia sued Saylor in 2022 for allegedly not paying income taxes while living in the district.
MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk)
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Crypto Exchange OKX Withdraws Hong Kong License Application
The exchange's action follows that of Huobi Hong Kong and several other applicants earlier this month.
Hong Kong (Dan Freeman/Unsplash)
Humanity Protocol's seed funding round valued the identity protocol at $1 billion. (benketaro/flickr)
Humanity Protocol Raises $30M at $1B for Decentralized Identification to Rival Worldcoin
While Worldcoin's technology is based on iris scans, Humanity Protocol uses palm prints.
Humanity Protocol's seed funding round valued the identity protocol at $1 billion. (benketaro/flickr)
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Chinese Police Bust $296M Illegal Crypto-Based Currency Operation: Report
Police in Panshi City, Jilin arrested six people for running an "underground bank."
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Tigran Gambaryan, Binance's head of crime compliance, is one of two executives detained in Nigeria. (Shutterstock/Consensus)
Binance CEO Teng Says Nigeria Must Release Gambaryan, Detention Sets 'Dangerous New Precedent'
In January the company refused to pay a demand from "unknown persons" to settle allegations.
Tigran Gambaryan, Binance's head of crime compliance, is one of two executives detained in Nigeria. (Shutterstock/Consensus)
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Thai Crypto Exchange Bitkub May Be Valued as High as $3B in IPO: CEO
Jirayut Srupsrisopa said earlier this month that an IPO was planned for next year.
16:9 Thailand flag (spaway/Pixabay)
Monad Labs is looking to provide faster EVM processing than Ethereum. (Julian Hochgesang/Unsplash)
Blockchain Developer Monad Labs Raises $225M Led by Paradigm
The company is looking to offer an Ethereum-compatible environment that's faster than the original.
Monad Labs is looking to provide faster EVM processing than Ethereum. (Julian Hochgesang/Unsplash)
Crypto-related stocks rose in trading before U.S. markets opened. (Unsplash)
Crypto Stocks Gain as Bitcoin Tops $72K for First Time Since March
Crypto-related companies looked set to start the week on a positive note.
Crypto-related stocks rose in trading before U.S. markets opened. (Unsplash)
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Thai Crypto Exchange Bitkub Plans 2025 IPO: Bloomberg
The exchange's owner signaled its intention to sell shares to the public in a 2023 letter that didn't give a timeframe.
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