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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Tech

Backpack Opens Regulated Perpetuals Exchange in Europe After FTX EU Acquisition

Operating out of Cyprus and licensed under the European Union’s MiFID II framework, the exchange is positioning itself as one of the first fully regulated venues in Europe to offer crypto derivatives, starting with perpetual futures.

Backpack Exchange CEO Armani Ferrante (Coral)

Markets

Sui-Based Yield Protocol Nemo Exploited for $2.4M in USDC

Nemo, a yield protocol on the Sui blockchain, suffered a $2.4 million exploit.

Nemo suffered $2.4M hack on Monday. (TheDigitalArtist/Pixabay)

Markets

FIL Rises 3% Amid Pronounced Trading Volatility, Volume Surges

Resistance has formed at the $2.38 level with support in the $2.23-$2.24 range.

FIL Cryptocurrency Surges 3% Amid Volatility and Institutional Volume Spike

Markets

LINK Slides 15% From August Peak Even as Chainlink Reserve Removes $5.5M From Circulation

Chainlink's native token encountered persistent bearish pressure as BTC, ETH and the broader crypto market consolidated, CoinDesk Research's model shows.

Chainlink (LINK) price (CoinDesk)

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Finance

Tokenization Is 'Mutual Fund 3.0,' Bank of America Says

Tokenized money market funds are expected to lead adoption thanks to their attractive yields relative to stablecoins, the report said.

Depiction of light rays connecting blocks.

Markets

Crypto Markets Today: XRP, SOL Likely to Move 4% as Payrolls Data Looms

Implied volatility indexes suggest moderate price swings in major cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ether, with larger changes in XRP and SOL.

US Department of Labor Building (Department of Labor)

Finance

Sora Ventures to Buy $1B in Bitcoin With New Treasury Fund

The fund aims to strengthen Asia's network of bitcoin treasury firms and has secured $200 million from investors in the region.

Here’s why bitcoin’s is failing its role as a 'safe haven'

Finance

Elliptic Unveils Crime-Tracking Tool as Stablecoins Enter the Mainstream

The blockchain analytics specialist has released a due diligence product for stablecoins that's tailored to banks and compliance departments.

Elliptic Founder James Smith

Markets

MARA Mines 705 BTC in August as Treasury Holdings Top 52,000

Company holds 52,477 BTC, advances Texas wind farm and European growth while shares face year-to-date decline.

MARA Holdings CEO Fred Thiel, at the Bitcoin conference in Miami (CoinDesk)