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

Strategy Treads Water on BTC Bet, While Metaplanet, Semler Reel from Heavy Losses

Strategy’s cushion is narrowing, with an average bitcoin cost basis of $67,458.

Photo of Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor standing. (Nikhilesh De)

Markets

Tariff-Sensitive Australian Dollar Offers Hope to Bitcoin Bulls as BTC Drops Below $75K

The tariff-sensitive currency has rebounded nearly 100 pips from the Asian session low, suggesting a potential nadir in the selling of risk assets.

Photo of Uluru, Australia

Markets

Gold-Backed Cryptocurrencies Retreat From All-Time Highs Amid Stock-Market Rout

The precious metal initially rallied after Trump unveiled reciprocal tariffs, but has since joined the wider market sell-off.

A gold bar (Scottsdale mint/Unsplash)

Markets

Riot Platforms Hits Post-Halving Bitcoin Production High as It Expands AI Capacity

Feasibility study confirms Corsicana Facility’s potential for AI/HPC growth as Riot delivers strong mining performance in March 2025.

A 30MW mining facility (Sandali Handagama/CoinDesk)

Markets

Wall Street Volatility Gauge Hits 4.5-Year High, Traders Lift Rate-Cut Bets on China Tariffs

Bitcoin's 30-day implied volatility, represented by Deribit's DVOL index, rose to an annualized 54.6%, the highest in two weeks.

FastNews (CoinDesk)

Markets

Nasdaq Composite Saw One of Its Worst Days Since 2000 While Bitcoin Held Steady

Despite steep declines in U.S. equities, bitcoin shows surprising strength, holding above key technical levels.

BTC: Daily Price Performance (Glassnode)

Markets

Solana's SOL Could See Nearly 6% Price Swing as Whales Dump Coins Before U.S. Jobs Data

Several whales unstaked and dumped SOL worth $46.3 million into the market.

Chart of SOL's one-day implied volatility. (Volmex/TradingView)

Tech

Crypto Ad-Tech Shop Builds 'Retargeting' Service to Reel in Likely Customers

Addressable is looking to bring Web2 marketing tactics to the Web3 economy.

The Addressable team poses by the sea.