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 and collapse. He managed the Bloomberg Terminal's main news page and worked on a global project to produce short, chart-based stories across the newsroom. Before that, he worked 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

Hong Kong’s central bank puts a number on lenders' quantum preparedness. It's very low.

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority published a whitepaper on the quantum preparedness of Hong Kong’s banking industry and its first Quantum Preparedness Index.

Abstract image to denote quantum computing. (Vishal Bansal/Unsplash)

Finance

Digital asset trading platform Uphold cuts 17% of global headcount as crypto winter bites

The crypto trading platform said the layoffs reflect a strategic shift toward its fast-growing enterprise business.

Computer monitors and a laptop screen show trading charts on a desk overlooking an expanse of water at sunset. (sergeitokmakov/Pixabay)

Finance

Cantor is advising crypto bank AMINA on path to potential public listing

The Swiss bank is exploring multiple paths to the public markets, though discussions are ongoing and no final decision has been made.

Wall Street street signs. (Chenyu Guan/Unsplash)

Tech

Lido begins moving $16.5 billion in staked ether to cut validator count by a third

The liquid staking protocol is consolidating 8 million ETH and requiring its professional node operators to post bonds for the first time.

Lido's CMV2 Upgrade (Lido/Media)

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Policy

Thailand's SEC alleges Bitkub concealed cyberattack that led to $50 million hack

Bitkub was the victim of a cyberattack in May 2021, which led to hacks stealing 1.7 billion baht across 16 different digital assets.

Bangkok, Thailand (Walkerssk/Pixabay)

Finance

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong criticizes crypto startups that rebrand to AI

Armstrong said blockchain technology acts as a general-purpose infrastructure that will underpin future automation rather than competing with it.

Brian Armstrong speaks at Consensus 2019.

Markets

Crypto steadies as Iran-U.S. pause sends oil tumbling, lifts risk assets

Brent crude plunged 7% after the U.S. and Iran paused Strait of Hormuz strikes, lifting equities and DeFi tokens while bitcoin held near $65,000 ahead of a pivotal Fed decision Wednesday.

Bitcoin price (CoinDesk Data)

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Markets

Interest rates in U.S., U.K., Japan and Coinbase, Strategy earnings: Crypto Week Ahead

Your look at what's coming in the week starting July 27.

Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh

Finance

Cloud data firm Storj files for Chapter 11, extending a week of crypto failures. Token slides 16%

The decentralized data storage company says operations continue and proposes that token holders take equity in the restructured business — an unusual arrangement in bankruptcy.

A pen points to the words "Chapter 11 Bankruptcy" at the top of a form. (FuzzMartin/Getty Images)