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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Finance

Coinbase Sees TradFi Institutions Driving Crypto Derivatives Boom

The listed exchange expects a rebalance from Asia's dominance towards U.S. and Europe-based, non-market maker institutions.

Usman Naeem, global head of derivative sales at Coinbase (Coinbase)

Finance

Arch Aims to Help Bitcoin Holders Slash U.S. Tax Bill With BTC Mining Investments

The crypto-backed lender's new offering, built with Blockware and Mark Moss, targets wealthy bitcoin holders with tax write-offs and monthly income from mining.

Arch co-founders Himanshu Sahay and Dhruv Patel (Arch)

Markets

Crypto Markets Today: Bitcoin, Ether Drop as Selling Pressure Returns

Bitcoin and Ethereum fell sharply Tuesday, erasing weekend gains as traders assessed whether the market’s bounce formed a lower high.

(Daniel Mirlea/Unsplash)

Markets

Debt-Fueled AI Pivot Puts Bitcoin Miners to the Test

Record debt and convertible note issuances signal a strategic shift as miners chase growth beyond bitcoin, but execution risk and revenue generation now take center stage.

CoinDesk

Policy

U.S. Crypto Coalition Warns Bank Data Fees Could Cut Off Stablecoins and Wallets

Fintech and crypto groups are urging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to stop banks charging for consumer data access, saying the move would undermine open banking and disconnect crypto wallets and stablecoins from the U.S. financial system.

dollar bill

Policy

British Columbia to Permanently Ban New Crypto Mining Projects From Grid

The ban is part of an effort to manage electricity demand and ensure industrial development is powered by clean electricity.

Data center servers (Taylor Vick/Unsplash)

Markets

BNB Climbs as Crypto Markets Rebound on Potential Fed Policy Shift

Sentiment remains cautious, with the Crypto Fear & Greed Index at 30, indicating "fear" in the market.

BNBUSD (CoinDesk Data)

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Markets

Wall Street Bank Citi Sees Stablecoins Powering Crypto’s Next Growth Phase

Stablecoins are growing alongside crypto, lifting Ethereum while new networks loom and the dollar stays dominant.

Stablecoin networks (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Crypto Markets Today: BTC Reclaims $111K, ETH Tops $4K After Last Week’s Sell-Off

Bitcoin and ether regained key support levels Monday, leading a broader market recovery that saw altcoins like LINK and FLOKI surge as sentiment improved.

(Credit: Paul Kenny McGrath/Unsplash)