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 Profitability Is Stuck at Record Lows, JPMorgan Says

Miners earned an average of $43,600 per exahash a second in daily block rewards last month, the lowest rate on record, the report said.

Bitcoin miners (Shutterstock)

Finance

Matter Labs Restructures to Meet Changing Demands, Lays Off 16% of Team

The developer of Ethereum layer-2 protocol ZKsync said builders using the protocol now need a "different type of technology and support."

Matter Labs CEO Alex Gluchowski (Margaux Nijkerk/CoinDesk)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Gain Checked by Hints of Further BOJ Rate Rises

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Sept. 3, 2024.

BTC price, FMA Sept. 3 2024 (CoinDesk)

Policy

SEC Commissioner Mark Uyeda Calls for S-1 Form Tailored for Digital Assets

Uyeda said the U.S. agency can work with crypto firms to figure out how to differentiate S-1 forms for digital assets.

SEC office (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Policy

Qatar Brings in Crypto Rules Framework in a Sign of Web 3 Development in the Middle East

Companies can now apply for a license to become token service providers.

Doha, Qatar (Pexels/Pixabay)

Markets

Bank of Japan Governor Hints at More Rate Hikes; BTC Drops 0.4%

The divergent monetary policy paths of the BOJ and the Fed mean potential for yen strength and pain for risk assets, including cryptocurrencies.

Tokyo, Japan (Ryo Yoshitake/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Margin Longs on Bitfinex Defy Bearish Seasonality

The number of bullish bets raised with the help of borrowed funds has steadily increased since late August.

BTC margin longs on Bitfinex. (Coinglass)

Finance

Metaplanet Teams Up With SBI VC Trade for Bitcoin Custody

Metaplanet said it was adopting bitcoin as a reserve asset in May and had accumulated a total of 360 BTC by mid-August.

(Beth Macdonald/Unsplash)

Markets

Key Week for Bitcoin and the Dollar Index

This week's slew of U.S. economic data will determine whether the dollar continues to weaken, offering a tailwind to BTC and other risk assets.

(Pexels/Pixabay)

Finance

Brevan Howard-Backed Tokenization Firm Libre Arrives on NEAR Blockchain

NEAR Protocol’s cross-chain signing feature will allow users on multiple blockchains to transact with Libre’s selection of tokenized credit and hedge funds.

Libre CEO Avtar Sehra (Libre)