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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Nigeria Government Demands $10B From Crypto Exchange Binance: BBC
A spokesperson for the president later denied an amount had been set, People's Gazette reported.
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Crypto Stocks Rise as Bitcoin Plows Through $59K for First Time Since 2021
Gains among exchange-traded funds were led by BlackRock's IBIT.
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Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood
Cathie Wood's ARK Invest Sells Coinbase Shares for First Time in a Month
ARK sold $34.3 million of shares in the crypto exchange, which is due to report earnings after the U.S. market closes.
Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell (Helene Braun/CoinDesk)
Fed Chair Powell Told House Democrats U.S. Needs Stablecoin Bill: Politico
Powell also said a CBDC would need Congress' approval before the Federal Reserve will act.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell (Helene Braun/CoinDesk)
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Crypto Stocks Advance Pre-Market as Bitcoin Tops $51K, Market Cap Hits 26-Month High
Total crypto market cap climbed to $2 trillion for the first time since April 2022.
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Chainalysis, Fireblocks, Gauntlet Make Forbes' Fintech List
The three crypto companies have together raised a total of $2 billion, according to Forbes.
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Binance to Delist Monero Privacy Token; XMR Slides
The crypto exchange will stop listing the token along with Aragon, Multichain and Vai as of Feb. 20.
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Jeremy Allaire, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, Circle (CoinDesk)
Stablecoin Issuer Circle Internet Files for IPO
The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the proposed offering have not yet been determined.
Jeremy Allaire, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, Circle (CoinDesk)
New York Stock Exchange with banner flagging ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF on the day it started trading.
Cathie Wood's ARK Invests in ProShares Bitcoin ETF After Dumping Grayscale Holdings
The investment fund bought $9.2 million worth of BITO shares and also sold $27.6 million worth of Coinbase stock.
New York Stock Exchange with banner flagging ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF on the day it started trading.
Barry Silbert. CEO & Founder Digital Currency Group (DCG)
Barry Silbert Resigns as Grayscale Chairman, to Be Replaced by Mark Shifke
Shifke is the CFO of Silbert's Digital Currency Group and will take over Jan. 1, Grayscale said in an SEC filing.
Barry Silbert. CEO & Founder Digital Currency Group (DCG)