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

Kenya Central Bank Takes Ambivalent Stance on Digital Currency

The allure of a CBDC is fading and issuing one "may not be a compelling priority," the bank said.

Nairobi, Kenya (Amani Nation/Unsplash)

Finance

Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank-Backed Taurus Deploys on Polygon Blockchain

The Swiss firm aims to allow financial institutions and corporates to issue tokenized assets on the Ethereum layer 2 network.

(Shutterstock)

Finance

Cathedra Bitcoin to Deploy Crypto Miners at 360 Mining's Texas Site

Cathedra will pay $55 per megawatt hour of power plus 10% of gross bitcoin mined at the location.

Bitcoin mining rigs at Kryptovault's facility in Hønefoss, Norway. (Image credit: Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Miners Are Probably Selling Their Output at the $28K Level: Matrixport

Miners are being forced to liquidate any new bitcoin mined as margins have narrowed in recent weeks, the report said.

New and old bitcoin mining rigs at CleanSpark's site in Georgia.

Finance

Binance Australia Stops AUD Bank Transfers as Search for Payment Partner Drags On

Customers can still buy and sell crypto using credit and debit cards after the halt, which was announced last month.

The Sydney Opera House in Australia (Stanbalik/Pixabay)

Finance

Sui Blockchain Signs Multiyear Deal With Red Bull Racing

Sui will roll out a series of digital experience for racing fans over the coming months.

(Unsplash)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Kraken’s Canada Customer Deposits Rose 25% After Binance Announced Departure

Kraken also saw a fivefold increase in app downloads within a week of OKX saying it was leaving the country back in March.

Toronto, Canada (Shutterstock)

Finance

Olive-Oil Producer Issues First Euro-Stablecoin-Denominated Bond on Obligate’s DeFi Platform

The debt sale was the first of its kind for the French sustainable agriculture business.

(stevepb/Pixabay)

Policy

EU Formally Signs New Crypto Licensing, Money Laundering Rules Into Law

The MiCA law is set to make the bloc the first major jurisdiction with tailored crypto regulations.

MiCA, the EU's crypto law, has been formally signed. (Swedish government/Twitter)

Finance

USDT Issuer Tether Ventures Into Payment Processing With Georgia Investment

The stablecoin issuer announced earlier this week it is investing in a sustainable bitcoin mining facility in Uruguay.

(Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)