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

Gemini Agrees to Pay $5M Settlement in CFTC Case

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission sued Gemini in 2022 for making misleading statements.

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss (Joe Raedle / Getty Images)

Markets

Bitcoin Mining Profitability Rose in December for Second Month in a Row: JPMorgan

The network hashrate rose 54% in 2024, slower than 2023's 103% gain, the report said.

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Markets

MARA Holdings Lends Out 7,377 BTC to Generate Single Digit Yield

The bitcoin miner holds 44,893 BTC on its balance sheet, it said in a production report.

MARA Holdings to Generate Single Digit Yield on 7,377 BTC (Bradley Keoun/CoinDesk)

CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: ADA Gains 12%, Leading Index Higher

Internet Computer (ICP) joined Cardano (ADA) as a top performer, gaining 10.6%

9am CoinDesk 20 Update for 2025-01-03: leaders chart

Markets

Bitcoin Buyers Saw 40% Gain on Average Last Year, Realized Price Shows

The average realized price of 2024 buyers in bitcoin was $65,901.

Bitcoin: Exchange Average Withdrawal Price: (Glassnode)

Policy

Do Kwon Pleads Not Guilty to Fraud Following Extradition to US: Reuters

Kwon's Terraform Labs developed the luna cryptocurrency and stablecoin terraUSD, which folded in 2022, losing an estimated $40 billion

Do Kwon (CoinDesk archives)

Markets

Bitcoin's Computing Power May Hit a Major Milestone Long Before Next Halving

Bitcoin's hashrate increased by approximately 50% in 2024, and it is currently on course to rise for the eighth consecutive time.

Bitcoin hash rate has surged in 2024 (Hashage)

CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: SOL Gains 7.5%, Leading Index Higher

Render (RENDER) joined Solana (SOL) as a top performer, gaining 7.8%.