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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Markets

Blockchain Firm Neptune Digital Assets Adds DOGE to Its Bitcoin Accumulation Strategy

The publicly traded company plans on accumulating other cryptocurrencies through its Sygnum credit line..

Screenshot of a candle chart going down.  (Maxim Hopman/Unsplash)

Markets

Coinbase Users Are Losing $300M a Year to Social Scams, ZachXBT Says

ZachXBT advised Coinbase to enhance security by making phone number inputs optional, creating a restricted account type for new users and improving community education on scam prevention.

Coinbase (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

Policy

Hong Kong Doubles Down on Crypto Regulation With Staff Hires

The securities regulator wants to hire staff for market surveillance and enforcement investigations.

Hong Kong (Ryan Mac / Unsplash)

Finance

Trivago Adds Travala's Hotel Inventory, Gaining Crypto Payment Options

Travala, which is backed by the world's largest crypto exchange, Binance, is in talks with potential buyers after receiving a takeover approach late last year.

16:9 Hotel (ming dai/Pixabay)

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Policy

Anthony Scaramucci Says U.S. Pro-Crypto Regulation Likely by November

Scaramucci also described Trump's official memecoin as "bad for the industry."

Anthony Scaramucci, founder and managing partner at SkyBridge Capital (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Finance

Galaxy and BitGo Buddy Up for Crypto Staking Despite Legal Spat

The firms are driven by compelling mutual benefits: Galaxy gains extra staking business and BitGo customers are able to use staked assets as collateral for loans and trading.

Galaxy founder Mike Novogratz (Shutterstock)

Markets

XRP Teases 2017-Like Bull Pattern Against Bitcoin: Godbole

The XRP/BTC ratio is looking to move out of the volatility bands, signaling a bullish imbalance in the market.

XRP/BTC hints at major rally ahead. (Pexels/Pixabay)

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Policy

Howard Lutnick Softens Stance on Tether Stability, Investment Ties

The Cantor Fitzgerald chair was grilled about prior bullish statements made about Tether during a recent Senate hearing.

Cantor Fitzgerald's Howard Lutnick (World Economic Forum)

Markets

Lending Protocol Aave Processes $200M in Liquidation Without Adding to Bad-Debt Burden

Aave aced the market's stress test, processing millions in liquidations without taking on new bad debt.

Aave processed millions in liquidations Monday. (geralt/Pixabay)