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

UK crypto rules too slow to support global hub ambitions, says Agant CEO

Regulatory delays risk blunting Britain’s digital asset push, said Andrew MacKenzie, head of the pound-pegged stablecoin developer.

Agant CEO Andrew MacKenzie. (Photo by Olivier Acuna/Modified by Coindesk)

Policy

Hong Kong regulator approves first crypto company license since June

Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) granted Victory Fintech a license.

Hong Kong harbor during a sunrise (Manson Yim/Unsplash)

Finance

From Wall Street to Web3: This is crypto’s year of integration, Silicon Valley Bank says

From bank-led stablecoins to tokenized T-bills and AI-powered wallets, digital assets will move from pilot projects to financial plumbing this year.

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Finance

Harvard cuts bitcoin exposure by 20%, adds new ether position

The shift may be due to complex market dynamics, potentially reflecting the unwinding of a trade that capitalized on bitcoin treasury companies trading at premiums to their mNAV.

Harvard University library (Pascal Bernardon/Unsplash)

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Markets

Hive, Riot earnings reports, Fed rate-decision minutes: Crypto Week Ahead

Your look at what's coming in the week starting Feb. 16.

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Finance

Metaplanet operating profit to rise 81% in 2026 after soaring 17-fold last year on options writing

The company recorded a non-cash bitcoin valuation loss of 102.2 billion yen ($650 million) due to the cryptocurrency’s price drop.

Stock market price charts (Anne Nygård/Unsplash)

Markets

Ether steadies after $540 million sell wave to outperform wider crypto market

Crypto markets remain under pressure despite firmer U.S. equity futures, with ether rebounding toward $2,000 as heavy weekend selling eases as gold leads.

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Markets

Strategy says it can survive even if bitcoin drops to $8,000 and will 'equitize' debt

Strategy says it can withstand a bitcoin price drop to $8,000 and still cover its roughly $6 billion in net debt.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor at the Digital Asset Summit in New York City on March 20, 2025. (Nikhilesh De)

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Policy

OKX snags European payments license for stablecoin and crypto card expansion

The Payments Institution license, gained in Malta, aligns the exchange with European Union regulatory requirements that take effect in March 2026.

Photos of OKX crypto Mastercard

Policy

Hong Kong is trying to build up its crypto regulations: State of Crypto

Several leaders in Hong Kong announced efforts to advance the region's regulatory environment.

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