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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Markets

Polymarket Bettors Miss Out on $270K Due to Pavel Durov's Early Release

Bettors were fairly sure the Telegram CEO would be released in September. His release on Wednesday tossed the market on its head.

(Pavel Durov interviewed by Tucker Carlson for his YouTube channel / Screenshot)

Finance

Binance CEO Teng Rejects Allegations the Exchange Froze All Palestinians' Funds

The crypto exchange complies with anti-money laundering legislation, he said.

Richard Teng (Binance)

Finance

Investment Firm Lemniscap Raises $70M Fund Targeting Early Stage Web3 Projects

Lemniscap is targeting zero-knowledge infrastructure, consumer applications and decentralized physical infrastructure (DePIN).

16:9 Shaishav Todi, Lemniscap General Partner, and Roderik van der Graaf, Founder and Manging Partner (Lemniscap)

Finance

WazirX Asks Singapore Court for 6 Months to Restructure Liabilities as CoinSwitch Weighs Legal Action

Indian rival CoinSwitch said it is likely to sue the hacked crypto exchange, where $9.6 million worth of deposits were held.

WazirX CEO Nischal Shetty (WazirX)

Markets

First Mover Americas: TON Blockchain Resumes After 6-Hour Outage

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Aug. 28, 2024.

TON price, FMA Aug. 28 2024 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Institutional Investors Continue to Increase Digital Asset Allocation: Economist Report

The report, commissioned by OKX, shows that a growing number of institutional investors are examining new digital asset products for their portfolio

Wall Street has bitcoin mining mergers on its mind. (Chenyu Guan/Unsplash)

Markets

Trump Unlikely to Drop Out of ABC Debate With Harris Despite Threats: Polymarket Traders

The mics probably won't be muted, traders on the crypto-based prediction market platform are signaling.

Bitcoin price could be tied to the outcome of the U.S. election, Jefferies said. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

New Zealand to Put OECD Crypto Tax Framework in Place by April 2026

New Zealand-based crypto-asset service providers will have to collect information on users' transactions starting April 1, 2026.

New Zealand parliament building in Wellington. (Squirrel_photos/Pixabay)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Drops as Traders Take Profits

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Aug. 27, 2024.

BTC price, FMA Aug. 27 2024 (CoinDesk)

Policy

Telegram CEO's Arrest Is Unlikely to Be the Last: Galaxy

Telegram and Pavel Durov were probably resisting takedown or information requests from Europe or France, the report said.

Toncoin rises amid potential Telegram IPO (Christian Wiediger/Unsplash)