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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Tech

Ethereum Foundation’s new mandate sparks debate about its role, priorities

The document quickly sparked debate across the Ethereum community, with supporters saying it reinforces the network’s core principles. Critics, however, argue the mandate signals the foundation intends to take a backseat just as institutional interest in blockchain is accelerating.

Ethereum (CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto wealth platform Abra to go public through $750 million SPAC deal

The transaction is expected to deliver as much as $300 million in cash, which will be used to expand the company's institutional crypto lending, yield and custody offerings.

Stock trading charts. (sergeitokmakov/Pixabay, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Bitmine buys 60,999 ether as Tom Lee touts crypto strength amid Iran war

The ether treasury firm now holds nearly 4.6 million ETH, while maintaining a $1.2 billion cash position despite ramping up acquisitions.

Thomas Lee, chairman of Bitmine and CIO of Fundstrat, on the main stage during Consensus Hong Kong 2026 (David Paul Morris/Consensus)

Finance

U.S., UK, Canada start Operation Atlantic to disrupt crypto approval-phishing scams

International law enforcement effort targets approval-phishing schemes tied to crypto investment fraud.

(Credit: U.S. Secret Service-Wikimedia Commons/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Markets

Metaplanet raises $255 million to accelerate bitcoin accumulation

The Japanese bitcoin treasury firm structured the financing with premium-priced shares and warrants that could unlock up to $531 million.

Close up of the red circle at the center of the Japanese flag. (DavidRockDesign/Pixabay)

Policy

SEC drops lawsuit against BitClout’s Nader Al-Naji

The regulator ended its civil enforcement case accusing the DeSo creator of wire fraud and selling unregistered crypto securities.

Securities and Exchange Commission building

Markets

Altcoins jump as bitcoin inches toward potential $74,000 breakout

The bitcoin price is approaching a key technical level while PEPE and other memecoins jump more than 10% in a sign of rising appetite for risk.

Pepe the Frog (PepeCoin's Twitter account)

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Tech

Trump-backed WLFI passes proposal letting $5 million stakers buy 'direct access' to team

The governance vote passed with 99.12% approval from 1,800 voters, with 76% of tokens coming from just 10 wallets.

A women drops her vote into a wooden box.

Markets

Fed headlines central bank rate decisions, Gemini earnings: Crypto Week Ahead

Your look at what's coming in the week starting March 16.

U.S. Federal Reserve headquarters (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)