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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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)

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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)

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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)

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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

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Still Stuck in Limbo

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

(CoinDesk)

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Zodia Markets Receives In-Principle Approval as Crypto Broker-Dealer in Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi was among the first to establish a bespoke licensing regime for virtual asset service providers.

Abu Dhabi (Kamil Rogalinski/Unsplash)