Sheldon Reback

Sheldon Reback

Sheldon Reback is CoinDesk's European news editor. 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 subsequently managed the Bloomberg Terminal's main news page before becoming the European editor for a global project to produce short, chart-based stories across the newsroom. His previous work as a journalist took him to Hong Kong, where he reported and edited for several technology magazines, and he also has experience in market research and writing computer manuals. Sheldon has an MBA from the London Business School and an industrial chemistry degree from Brunel University. He owns a small amount of ether.

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Core Scientific's Marble facility in North Carolina. (Core Scientific)
Bitcoin Miner Core Scientific's Shares Plummet After Bankruptcy Warning
The world's largest bitcoin miner said it will not make payments that are due in the next few days as its reserves dwindle.
Core Scientific's Marble facility in North Carolina. (Core Scientific)
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Elon Musk Sends Second Letter Terminating Twitter Acquisition
The letter follows one sent July, in case the earlier one is deemed invalid, according to a filing.
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Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Galaxy Digital Abandons $1.2B Plan to Acquire Crypto Custody Firm BitGo
The $1.2 billion deal was announced May 2021 and was expected to close by the end of that year.
Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
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Crypto-Miner Mawson Says CFO Resigns
The company appointed Ariel Sivikofsy as a consultant until it selects a replacement.
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Steve Ehrlich, co-founder and CEO of Voyager (YouTube)
Voyager Digital Plunges on Three Arrows Exposure, Analyst Downgrade
The crypto broker said it's on the hook for about $370 million of bitcoin and $350 million of USDC and has asked for a repayment installment by Friday.
Steve Ehrlich, co-founder and CEO of Voyager (YouTube)
Manama, Bahrain (Preju Suresh/Shutterstock)
Binance's Bahrain License Upgraded for More Crypto Services
Binance Bahrain was granted a preliminary license in December and full license in March.
Manama, Bahrain (Preju Suresh/Shutterstock)
Elon Musk (Pool/Getty Images)
Elon Musk Offers to Buy Twitter to Take Company Private
Tron founder Justin Sun responded by tweeting he would offer $60 a share, compared with Musk's $54.20.
Elon Musk (Pool/Getty Images)
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (Adam Levine/CoinDesk)
Binance Eyes Non-Crypto Acquisitions to Enlarge Total Market: Report
“The strategy is about making the crypto industry bigger,” CEO Changpeng Zhao said.
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (Adam Levine/CoinDesk)
Hamburg, Germany (Moritz Kindler/Unsplash)
Nagax, the Crypto Trading Platform of German Fintech Naga, Set to Launch
The social trading platform will focus on cryptocurrencies and include a crypto wallet and crypto exchange with more than 50 assets.
Hamburg, Germany (Moritz Kindler/Unsplash)
MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor. (CoinDesk TV screenshot)
MicroStrategy Hasn't Bought Any Bitcoins This Month
The company said it held 125,051 bitcoins as of Feb. 14, the same as at the beginning of the month.
MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor. (CoinDesk TV screenshot)