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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Bitcoin Miners Have Considerable Upside From Their Power Portfolios: Bernstein

Investors can benefit by valuing the companies as efficient power shells with data center capabilities, as opposed to just bitcoin mining operations, the report said.

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

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EigenLayer Outflows of $2.3B Signal Restaking Sector Slide

The yield offered by restaking is dwarfed by the likes of yield-generating platform Ethena.

(Jp Valery/Unsplash)

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First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Slides After Wednesday's Tech Rout

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for July 25, 2024.

BTC price, FMA July 25 2024 (CoinDesk)

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Coinbase's CBPL Fined $4.5M by UK Regulator for Lapses in Onboarding Controls

Despite restrictions in place, CBPL onboarded 13,416 high-risk customers for e-money services, the Financial Conduct Authority said.

(FCA)

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Bitcoin, Stocks Bleed as China Rate Cuts Signals Panic, Treasury Yield Curve Steepens

China's back-to-back interest-rate cuts signal urgency to shore up growth after the recent Communist party plenum offered little support to the nation's flagging economy.

China renminbi bills (Moerschy/Pixabay)

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Crypto-Friendly Revolut Finally Earns UK Banking License

Revolut has entered a "mobilization stage" designed for new banks to operate with restrictions.

Revolut to Suspend Certain Crypto Services (Kaysha/ Unsplash)

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Stablecoins Signal Crypto Ecosystem Buoyancy as Market Cap Jumps to $164B

Renewed expansion in stablecoins is bullish for the broader crypto market.

Market cap of the stablecoin sector of the crypto market. (DefiLlama)

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Sygnum's First-Half Spot Crypto Trading Doubles, Derivatives Increase 500%

The surging trading volumes helped the bank reach profitability for the first time.

Trading (Pixabay)

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Bitstamp to Start Distributing Mt. Gox Proceeds on Thursday

Customers of the defunct crypto exchange lost their funds in a 2014 hack, and the imminent distribution of nearly $9 billion worth of assets to creditors has been weighing on crypto markets.

(CoinDesk)

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Dakota Emerges From Stealth to Provide Bank-Like Services to Crypto Depositors

The crypto-native company, which says it is attempting to right the wrongs of centralized lenders like Celsius, emerged from stealth on Wednesday.

Screenshot of Dakota's bank account dashboard