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

BitGo Wins German Approval to Start Regulated Crypto Trading in Europe

German regulator BaFin clears expansion as BitGo adds trading to its custody and staking services.

CEO of BitGo Mike Belshe in a chair on-stage at Consensus 2023 (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Finance

Galaxy Digital Said to Plan Its Own Tokenized Money Market Fund

Galaxy’s tokenized fund will ultimately be available on the Ethereum, Solana and Stellar blockchains, said a person familiar with the plans.

Mike Novogratz, Founder and CEO, Galaxy Digital. (CoinDesk)

Markets

BNB Inches Higher as Traders Test $930 Resistance, Exchange Tokens Stay Firm

Corporate treasuries now hold around 828,900 BNB, worth roughly $770 million, with several companies, including CEA Industries, pledging to accumulate the cryptocurrency.

BNBUSD (CoinDesk Data)

Finance

UBS, PostFinance and Sygnum Conduct Cross-Bank Payments on Ethereum

The proof of concept, run under the Swiss Bankers Association, saw UBS, PostFinance, and Sygnum Bank carry out transactions using deposit tokens.

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Finance

Santander’s Openbank Starts Offering Crypto Trading in Germany, Spain Coming Soon

The service allows customers to buy, sell and hold five popular cryptocurrencies: BTC, ETH, LTC, MATIC and ADA.

Santander in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Junius/ Wikimedia Commons)

Finance

Avalanche Foundation Adds U.K. Lawmaker Chris Holmes to Board

Holmes, who sits in the House of Lords, will help guide Avalanche’s growth and accessibility efforts.

Avalanche token

Markets

Crypto Market Today: IMX, AVAX, HASH Rally as Majors Trade Little Changed

Traders are anticipating increased volatility after Wednesday's Federal Reserve interest-rate decision.

Federal Reserve logo highlighted on a U.S. banknote (joshua-hoehne/Unsplash)

Policy

Coinbase Policy Chief Pushes Back on Bank Warnings That Stablecoins Threaten Deposits

Coinbase’s policy head said concerns of stablecoin deposit flight are myths, claiming banks are really defending profits from an outdated payments system.

Coinbase CPO Faryar Shirzad (CoinDesk)

Finance

Deutsche Börse’s Crypto Finance Unveils Connected Custody Settlement for Digital Assets

Crypto Finance's new application, AnchorNote, lets clients trade across multiple venues while keeping assets in regulated custody.

Deutsche Börse-backed Crypto Finance is teaming up with Apex Group to provide institutional-grade crypto investment products. (Shutterstock)