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

Goldman Sachs sees regulation driving next wave of institutional crypto adoption

Regulatory clarity and expanding use cases beyond trading are setting the stage for deeper institutional participation in digital assets, the bank said.

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Markets

Bitcoin miners continue to face dwindling profits despite lower competition, JPMorgan says

Mining profitability declined last month, with daily block reward revenue down 7%, and 32% year-on-year.

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Finance

CME Group’s average crypto derivatives volume hit record $12 billion in 2025

CME's overall average daily volume across asset classes hit an all-time high of 28.1 million contracts, with crypto being a key contributor.

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Markets

Crypto wallet firm Ledger faces customer data breach through payment processor Global-e

Ledger is dealing with a new data exposure incident involving its third-party payment processor, Global-e.

A shadowy figure scrutinizes a computer screen. (Mika Baumeister/Unsplash)

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U.S. jobs report, Ethereum upgrade: Crypto Week Ahead

Your look at what's coming in the week starting Jan. 5.

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Markets

Crypto Markets Today: Bitcoin climbs to highest level in four weeks as altcoins lag

Bitcoin briefly topped $93,000, driving a risk-on tone across markets, but uneven altcoin performance suggest traders remain wary of a near-term pullback.

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Markets

Bitcoin traders kick off 2026 with bets on price rally above $100,000

Dominant call positioning is shaping bitcoin’s price dynamics as bitcoin breaks out of its sideways range.

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Finance

$110 billion in crypto left South Korea in 2025 owing to strict trading rules

While South Korean financial officials acknowledged the need for new rules, disagreements over stablecoins delayed a broader crypto framework.

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Policy

Iran accepts cryptocurrency as payment for advanced weapons

Prospective customers could purchase weapons such as missiles, tanks and drones using crypto, according to a government website.

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