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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A16z Crypto Leads $15M Seed Round Into Decentralized AI Data Layer Poseidon

Poseidon was incubated by IP-based protocol Story, whose aim is to convert IP into programmable assets that can be licensed and managed using smart contracts

Statue of Poseidon (mike1550/Pixabay)

Política

UK Says Crypto Sector Likely Under Reporting Sanction Breaches

U.K.-based crypto asset firms also face a high risk of being targeted by North Korean hackers, many of which operate on behalf of sanctioned entities, the report said.

A view over the City of London taken over the Thames near Tower Bridge. (Cj / Unsplash+)

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Blockchain Could Boost Covered Bonds, but Adoption Faces Major Hurdles: Moody's

Moody’s notes that current blockchain use is mostly limited to on-chain bond issuance, with certain key functions still reliant on off-chain infrastructure

Computer monitors and a laptop screen show trading charts on a desk overlooking an expanse of water at sunset. (sergeitokmakov/Pixabay)

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Western Union CEO Views Stablecoins as an Opportunity, Not a Threat: Bloomberg

"Last I checked, you couldn't spend stablecoin if you wanted to buy a Coca Cola," Western Union CEO Devin McGranahan said

A Western Union sign above a shop. (Shutterstock)

Mercados

SpaceX Wallet Springs to Life With $153M Bitcoin Transfer, First Move Since 2022

This is the first recorded outbound transfer since June 10, 2022, when it moved 3,505 BTC (worth some $102 million at the time) to Coinbase.

Rocket (SpaceX/Unsplash)

Mercados

NFT Market Sees 29% Daily Rise as CryptoPunk, Penguins Surge

The resurgence in NFT interest comes after a prolonged bear market, with sales volumes having plateaued around $400 million a month.

Pudgy Penguins is a collection of 8,888 unique penguins with proof of ownership stored on the Ethereum blockchain. (Screenshot: OpenSea)

Finanças

Frank Chaparro, Former Block Reporter, Joins Crypto Trading Firm GSR

The new position will see Chaparro take up the role of GSR’s head of content and special projects.

Frank Chaparro (@fintechfrank X account)

Publicidade

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Crypto Treasury Fever Spreads to Ethena as $360M SPAC Deal Targets ENA Accumulation

A new Ethena treasury firm named StablecoinX aims to be listed on the Nasdaq, lined up big-name crypto investors including Pantera, Galaxy, Dragonfly, Polychain.

Digitally altered photo of a dollar bill (Ryan Quintal/Unsplash, Modified by CoinDesk)

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BitGo Files to Go Public as Crypto Market Surges Past $4 Trillion

The crypto custodian submitted a confidential U.S. listing as interest in public crypto stocks heats up.

Bitgo CEO Mike Belshe (CoinDesk archives)