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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Crypto.com Buys Allnew Investments to Secure MiFID License to Offer Derivatives in Europe

This move bolsters the crypto exchange's presence in the region after it secured a MiCA license in January.

Cyprus (Athina Vrikki / Unsplash)

Finance

Strive Eyes $7.9B Distressed Mt. Gox Bitcoin Claims to Accumulate Discounted BTC

The goal is to gain exposure to bitcoin at a discount, with the aim of beating BTC's price performance in the long run.

Stacks of paper files in an office (Wesley Tingey/Unsplash)

Policy

South Korea to Let Non-Profits, Exchanges Sell Crypto Under New FSC Rules

Non-profits will need to meet strict conditions such as five years of audited operations and internal committees to vet donations.

South Korea's flag (Daniel Bernard/Unsplash)

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Policy

Genesis Files Suits Against DCG to Recover Billions Worth of Allegedly Fraudulent Transfers

DCG, CEO Barry Silbert and others withdrew billions of dollars from the company they knew was failing while keeping customers in the dark, according to the lawsuits.

DCG founder and CEO Barry Silbert  (CoinDesk)

Markets

Strategy's STRK Hits Record Proceeds, Has Outperformed Bitcoin, S&P 500 Since Debut

STRK has risen more than bitcoin and the S&P 500 index while offering an attractive yield and differentiated market exposure.

STRK vs BTC vs S&P 500 (TradingView)

Finance

Circle Has Explored Potential $5B Sale to Coinbase or Ripple Instead of IPO: Report

The stablecoin issuer took part in informal talks over a potential sale from which it was seeking at least $5 billion.

Circle Chief Strategy Officer Dante Disparte (left) and CEO Jeremy Allaire (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Markets

RWA Platform TokenFi Is Tokenizing the Floki Minibot

A presale for the Floki Minibot M1 AI robot, made by Rice Robotics, starts May 23, the same day TokenFi’s real-world asset tokenization module goes live.

A Rice Robotics minibot (Rice Robotics)

Finance

KuCoin Enhances Point-of-Sale Mobile Payments With AEON

KuCoin is exploring how it can accelerate crypto adoption by allowing users to easily spend it when carrying out day-to-day transactions

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