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

Bank of England to Carry Out CBDC, Digital Ledger Experiments

In a new discussion paper, the U.K. central bank also said it wants to ensure stablecoins are interchangeable with the pound.

Bank of England (Camomile Shumba)

Markets

Bitcoin Miner Bitdeer Increases BTC Holdings by 75% to 1,039 BTC in Two Months

The company redirected mining rigs to self-mining as customer delayed payments during bitcoin's price drop..

(Bitdeer Group)

Tech

Binance Labs-Backed Network Hemi Debuts $440M Mainnet to 'Unify' Bitcoin, Ethereum

Hemi Labs has signed up dozens of protocols, including decentralized exchange (DEX) Sushi, liquid staking token pumpBTC and oracles RedStone and Pyth.

Photo of Jeff Garzik, co-founder of Hemi Labs

Markets

U.S. Treasury Market Most Volatile in 4 Months May Slow Any Bitcoin Price Recovery After CPI

Increased volatility in the Treasury market often leads to reduced risk taking in financial markets.

BTCUSD vs MOVE. (TradingView/CoinDesk)

Markets

Exodus Movement Has Right Product at Right Time, Initiate With Buy Rating: Benchmark

The broker started coverage of the self-custody crypto wallet with a buy recommendation and a $38 price target.

How to get started: step 2 (Exodus Wallet)

Markets

Robinhood Crypto Trading Falling 29% on Feb. Amid Market Carnage Likely Warning for Coinbase

The decline in retail trading might have affected other exchanges including Coinbase.

A Macbook Pro opened to Robinhood's website.

Tech

Bitcoin Ordinals Project Taproot Wizards Plans Long-Awaited Sale of Signature NFTs

The Wizards were inscribed on the Bitcoin blockchain two years ago and are now being made available for sale

TaprootWizards.com NFT (ordinals.com)

Finance

U.S. Residents Missed as Much as $2.6B in Potential Revenue From Geoblocked Airdrops

The U.S. government lost as much as $1.4 billion in potential tax revenue, a report from Dragonfly found.

Chart showing range of airdrop values, U.S. residents' shares.

Tech

Ethereum’s Holesky Hits Finality After 2 Weeks as Pectra Testing Continues

The Pectra upgrade went live Feb. 24, but finality was delayed due to a configuration bug in the client software.

FastNews (CoinDesk)