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

Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Slumped Last Week in Biggest Decline Since Crypto Winter: Bernstein

Lower cost miners have increased market share since the bitcoin halving, the report said.

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

Policy

Chinese Police Bust $296M Illegal Crypto-Based Currency Operation: Report

Police in Panshi City, Jilin arrested six people for running an "underground bank."

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Policy

Custody Provider Liminal Wins Approval in Abu Dhabi as It Extends Expansion in Asia

The company has also secured registrations in India and Dubai.

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Finance

Crypto Custody Tech Firm Fireblocks Seeks New York-Regulated Trust Company

The firm also convening a crypto custodian partner program with a starting line up of companies from the U.S., the United Arab Emirates, Britain, Singapore, Thailand and Australia.

Fireblocks sign at Miami airport during Bitcoin Miami conference 2022 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Holds Near $63K, Consolidating Week's Recovery

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for May 10, 2024.

BTC price FMA, May 10 2024 BTC price FMA, May 10 2024 (CoinDesk)

Policy

Binance, KuCoin Win Registration From India Anti-Money Laundering Regulator as Crypto Credibility Improves

KuCoin paid a fine of $41,000 and Binance's financial penalty is still to be determined after a hearing with the FIU.

New Delhi, India (Unsplash)

Markets

Dogecoin Appears Headed for a 'Golden Cross'

A DOGE price pattern that presaged the early 2021 surge looks set to recur.

(Christal Yuen/Unsplash)

Policy

Binance Fined $4.3M by Canadian Financial Regulator for ‘Administrative Violations’

FINTRAC said Binance failed to register as a foreign money services business and neglected to report nearly 6,000 transactions over $10,000.

Binance Logo (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

Robinhood Wells Notice Shouldn’t Deter Eventual Approval of an Ether Spot ETF: JPMorgan

Potential legal action against Robinhood should be viewed as a continued attempt by the SEC to reinforce its stance that all crypto tokens other than bitcoin and ether should be classified as securities, the report said.

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Finance

Solana-Based Marketplace AgriDex Raises $5M to Tokenize Agricultural Industry

AgriDex brings agricultural commodities onto the blockchain by allowing crops to be bought on its marketplace with finalized deals backed by non-fungible tokens (NFTs).

Agriculture (Pete Linforth/Pixabay)