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 and collapse. He managed the Bloomberg Terminal's main news page and worked on a global project to produce short, chart-based stories across the newsroom. Before that, he worked 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

More Than Half of Crypto Tokens Debuted in 2024 Were Malicious: Blockaid

As much as $1.4 billion was lost to crypto scams and fraud in 2024, said the security firm.

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Crypto Daybook Americas: Fed Dashes Quiet Christmas Hopes

Your day-ahead look for Dec. 19, 2024

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Policy

Craig Wright Receives Suspended Jail Sentence for Contempt of Court

Wright's suit for intellectual property rights related to bitcoin violated a court order imposed after his claim to be bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto was ruled to be false.

Craig Wright heading to COPA trial on March 1  (Camomile Shumba/CoinDesk)

Markets

Trump-Backed World Liberty Financial Swaps Its cbBTC for WBTC After Sun Joins as Adviser

The swap took place Wednesday, the same day BiT Global lost a court case seeking to prevent Coinbase delisting WBTC.

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Tech

Kraken’s Ink Layer-2 Goes Live

The team had originally planned for Ink to go live in early 2025, so the launch of the main network is ahead of schedule.

Kraken CEO Jesse Powell

Markets

Trump Administration Has Already Unlocked 'New Era' for U.S. Crypto: JPMorgan

The worst regulatory environment for crypto markets is behind us, the report said.

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Finance

Coinbase Alums Patchwork Take Next Step Toward No-Code Blockchain Development

Patchwork Create is another foundational step towards building no-code applications.

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Policy

Bitcoin Lightning Fintech ZBD Approved to Receive EU MiCA License by Dutch Regulator

Countries like the Netherlands are preparing for MiCA implementation.

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Markets

NFTs Are Making a Comeback as Trading Volumes Surge: Galaxy Research

Leading marketplaces such as OpenSea, Blur and Magic Eden have seen increased activity since November, the report said.

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