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

Ondo Finance weighs acquisition worth up to $500 million

The tokenized-assets firm is considering an acquisition valued at $250 million to $500 million as consolidation accelerates across crypto infrastructure.

A hand holding several hundred-dollar bills. ( Frederick Warren/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

Telegram faces terror-related legal action in Australia one day after founder is charged by Russia

The platform faces a fine of up to $38 million for allegedly failing to remove terror-related content.

New Zealand's Christchurch mosque. (Michal Klajban/Wikimedia Commons)

Markets

Crypto's resilience tested as oil rises after Iran strikes, Fed signals rates could still rise

Bitcoin held near $64,000 despite the Fed's hawkish split, Iranian ballistic missiles and an 8% surge in oil overnight that sent the Dow down 2.2% and the Nasdaq to a three-month low.

Bitcoin price (CoinDesk Data)

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Policy

BitRiver founder charged in Russia with $12.5 million fraud

Igor Runets has been transferred to a pre-trial detention facility from house arrest as he faces accusations of failing to deliver on a contract.

St. Pertersburg Constitutional Court. (W. Bulach/Wikipedia Commons)

Finance

Stablecoin firm Brale says new protocol can remove a major hurdle to scaling custom tokens

Today's bridge model won't scale as hundreds of companies issue their own stablecoins, fragmenting liquidity, Brale CEO Ben Milne said in an interview.

Brale CEO Ben Milne (Brale, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin steadies above $64,000 as crypto looks to Fed interest-rate decision

BTC added 0.75% before the Federal Reserve's rate decision. Inflation at 4.1% keeps an increase firmly on the table even as oil prices ease.

Bitcoin price (CoinDesk data)

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Finance

Ionic Digital jumps 26% in Nasdaq debut, giving Celsius Network claimholders an exit route

The bitcoin miner reached a market valuation of roughly $2.8 billion based on its 44.9 million shares outstanding.

Stock market price charts (Anne Nygård/Unsplash)

Tech

Ethereum startup EthSystems bets privacy is key to getting banks on public blockchains

EthSystems, which spun out of the Ethereum Foundation earlier this month, is focused on building privacy infrastructure for banks and other financial institutions.

Graphic showing ethereum symbol on a grid with screens.