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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Mercados

Binance Boosts Bitcoin, Ether Trading in Argentine, Brazilian, South African Currencies With Fee Promotion

The crypto exchanges promotion comes as trading volumes plummet to four-year lows, hurting the exchange’s revenue stream.

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

Finanzas

Crypto Exchange Kraken's UK Derivatives Unit Looking to Expands Its Service: Bloomberg

The firm is looking move into a void in the crypto derivatives market left when FTX collapsed last November.

Página de inicio del sitio web de la Autoridad de Conducta Financiera para la organización de regulación financiera del Reino Unido. (Shutterstock)

Finanzas

Coinbase-Backed Insurance Alternative OpenCover Debuts on Layer 2 Blockchain Base

OpenCover, which raised $4 million in a seed round led by the likes of NFX and Jump Crypto, received a $200,000 funding bump from Coinbase to bolster its debut on Base.

Insurance (Vlad Deep/Unsplash)

Mercados

First Mover Americas: Crypto Trading Volume Hits 4-Year Low

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Sept. 7, 2023.

Crypto monthly spot vs derivatives trading volume (CCData)

Publicidad

Finanzas

Blockchain and AI Are Set to Transform Financial Markets: Moody's

Incorporating AI and digital ledger technology into business models may require substantial investment, but could help lower expenses and improve market liquidity over time, a report said.

Moody's website

Mercados

Crypto Spot Market August Trading Volume Hits 4.5-Year Low as Volatility Fails to Spur Activity

Volatility following the Grayscale's court victory over the SEC failed to translate into trading volumes on centralized exchanges, CCData said.

Crypto monthly spot vs derivatives trading volume (CCData)

Finanzas

Depressed Crypto Markets, Regulatory Risks Fail to Dissuade Asset Managers From Investing

Almost half the 60 buy-side professionals surveyed from U.S. and European-based asset managers and hedge funds said they're actively managing digital assets.

(Gerd Altmann/Pixabay)

Regulación

Tornado Cash Developer Roman Storm Pleads Not Guilty to Money Laundering, Other Charges

Prosecutors allege that Storm and fellow developers Roman Semenov and Alexey Pertsev helped bad actors launder over $1 billion in stolen crypto.

(Shutterstock)

Publicidad

Finanzas

DeFi Protocol Synapse Responds to Selling Pressure With 17% Bounce

Synapse's SYN token recovered its losses after 9 million were sold by a liquidity provider identified as Nima Capital by the protocol.

SYNUSD price chart (TradingView)

Mercados

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Still Stuck in Limbo

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Sept. 6, 2023.

(CoinDesk)