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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Policy

Hull City Sponsor Tomya Crypto Exchange Embroiled in Turkey Fraud Scandal

The owner of Tomya was among 25 people detained in Turkey as the country prepares new crypto legislation.

Turkish Flag Turkey (Unsplash)

Finance

Crypto Custody Firm Copper to Start Digital Securities Brokerage in Abu Dhabi

Copper Securities is working with Abu Dhabi’s Financial Services Regulatory Authority to have all appropriate approvals in place by early 2024.

Abu Dhabi (Kamil Rogalinski/Unsplash)

Finance

Republic to List Profit-Sharing Digital Security Token on INX Next Week

The token will be accessible to retail investors who don’t usually have the opportunity to invest in private companies without large checks and accreditation.

INX trading platform (INX)

Tech

BNB Chain’s OpBNB Developers Look to More Than Double Speed in New Roadmap

The roadmap paves the way for heightened performance for the layer-2 blockchain developed by BNB Chain.

Monad Labs is looking to provide faster EVM processing than Ethereum. (Julian Hochgesang/Unsplash)

Policy

Bitcoin Group Addressing 'Serious Deficits' in Money Laundering Measures Flagged by German Regulator

The group reportedly said Wednesday that it has "no indications of violations of money laundering and terrorist financing laws."

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Finance

Santander Selects Crypto Custody Firm Taurus for Safeguarding: Source

Santander Private Bank last week said it was offering bitcoin and ether trading for clients with accounts in Switzerland.

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Policy

Crypto Firms That Act Like Banks Should Be Regulated Like Them, ECB Official Says

But supervision of bank-like crypto firms could be a pain for regulators, said Andrea Enria, chair of the supervisory board at the European Central Bank.

Chair of the ECB Supervisory Board Andrea Enria

Finance

Digital Asset Platform Coinchange Raises $10M to Scale API Yield Service

The funding round was led by G1.VC, Spirit Blockchain, Good News Ventures, K2.CA and Atoia Ventures, with Mintfox also participating.

Coin jar (Josh Appel/Unsplash)

Finance

Troubled Crypto Exchange Zipmex Proposes to Pay Creditors 3.35 Cents on the Dollar: Bloomberg

Major creditors are opposed to the restructuring plan and have requested an independent review.

Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange Zipmex said it has received an offer from an interested party with due diligence processes able to commence. (Michal Jarmoluk/Pixabay)

Policy

Hong Kong Chief Says Regulators May Get Powers to Crack Down on Unlicensed Crypto Exchanges: Report

The Securities and Futures Commission said it does not have the power to close unlicensed crypto exchanges.

Hong Kong harbor skyline view into Kowloon