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

New York Community Bancorp Shares Tumble After Earnings Miss, 71% Dividend Cut

The bank took over defunct Signature Bank's non crypto-related deposits last year.

Bitcoin slides back into familiar range (Shutterstock)

Markets

First Mover Americas: BTC Loses $43K as Crypto Prices Slip

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Jan. 31, 2024.

BTC price FMA Jan. 31 2024 (CoinDesk)

Finance

Former UK Chancellor George Osborne Joins Coinbase as Adviser

Osborne becomes the second former U.K. chancellor to join a crypto firm following, his immediate successor Philip Hammond.

Former British politician and Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne

Markets

Markets 'Too Optimistic' About Fed Rate Cuts: JPMorgan Asset Management

"The market may be too optimistic as we see limited evidence of disinflation in certain areas that are a focus for the Fed," strategists said, explaining a potential for a decline in risk assets.

(Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Finance

Binance Reviews Its Majority Stake in South Korean Crypto Exchange GOPAX

The world's largest crypto exchange by trading volume acquired a majority stake in GOPAX in February 2023, re-entering a market it had vacated two years previously.

Two large stacked blocks displaying Binance's logo at a trade show.

Tech

Sui Becomes a Top 10 DeFi Blockchain in Less Than a Year

Developers on Sui are building products that people are using to address real-world challenges, according to Greg Siourounis, Sui's managing director.

Depiction of light rays connecting blocks.

Markets

NFTs Outpaced Ether's Gains in January

Ether prices are set to close the month just over 2% higher, while major NFT indexes have advanced almost 10%.

Punk #4953 NFT (OpenSea)

Finance

Web3 Payments Firm Transak Joins Visa Direct to Streamline Crypto-to-Fiat Conversion

The deal allows the Web3 payments infrastructure provider's users in over 145 countries to easily convert crypto into local currencies.

visa, credit cards

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Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Eclipses $43K Having Gained Nearly 10% in a Week

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Jan. 30, 2024.

BTC price FMA, Jan. 30 2024 (CoinDesk)

Policy

Bitpanda Crypto Exchange to Withdraw From Netherlands

The company said it is committed to complying with the regulatory landscape.

Bitpanda founders (L-R) Christian Trummer, Paul Klanschek, Eric Demuth (Bitpanda)