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.

Sheldon Reback

Latest from Sheldon Reback


Policy

CoinDCX Engineer Arrested Following July's $43.4M Exploit: Report

A software engineer working for CoinDCX has been arrested for alleged involvement in the breach after hackers allegedly exploited his credentials to siphon funds to six wallets.

(Shutterstock)

Markets

Bitcoin Holders Can Now Earn Automated Yield Via $2B Solv Protocol

Solv Protocol has launched BTC+, an automated vault for generating yield on bitcoin holdings, offering a base yield of 4.5% to 5.5%.

BTC holders can harvest automated yield on Solv. (rainerh11/Pixabay)

Finance

Tether Reports $4.9B Net Profit in Q2, Invested $4B in U.S. Initiatives

The firm held roughly $8.9 billion in bitcoin in the reserves, translating to roughly 83,200 coins.

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino at White House

Finance

Visa Expands Settlement Platform to Stellar, Avalanche, Adds Support for 3 Stablecoins

Visa's platform now supports four stablecoins across four blockchains, including Ethereum and Solana.

A Visa card being held to next to a payment terminal. (CardMapr.nl/Unsplash)

Advertisement

Tech

Clearpool Expands to Payments Financing, Debuts Stablecoin Yield Token

The decentralized finance platform targets fintechs bridging fiat settlement gaps with short-term stablecoin credit.

Bottom of a swimming pool. (xing419/Pixabay)

Finance

Tether-Focused Blockchain Stable Raises $28M to Power Stablecoin Payments

The blockchain aims to enable fast, low-cost and stable digital payments using USDT as its gas token.

Pot full of coins (micheile henderson/Unsplash)

Markets

ICP Rises 5% as Token Burn, AI-Powered Development Tools Fuel Rally

DFINITY burns 1M tokens while debuting tools that enable app creation using plain English, sparking institutional demand.

ICP, July 31 2025 (CoinDesk)


Advertisement

Finance

Rice Robotics to Debut RICE Token for AI Data Marketplace on TokenFi Launchpad

With robots deployed at Softbank, 7-Eleven Japan and Mitsui Fudosan, the company is introducing a token to decentralize and monetize robotics data using a DePIN model.

A Rice Robotics minibot (Rice Robotics)

Finance

Ether Machine Starts 334K ETH Buying Spree With $57M Purchase

The Ether Machine started deploying its ETH treasury strategy, with over $400 million in reserves remaining for future purchases.

Ethereum Logo