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

Aave rolls out v4 on Ethereum, aiming to expand DeFi into real-world credit markets

The upgrade has been in development for about two years and is designed to make it easier to use Aave for a wider range of lending and borrowing activities.

Lending money, bills on a person's hands (Christian Dubovan/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin rises as Trump says U.S. in talks with 'new regime' in Iran, threatens oil infrastructure if deal fails

Trump said "great progress" had been made toward ending the war, but warned the U.S. would "obliterate" Iran's power plants, oil wells and Kharg Island if a deal isn't reached shortly.

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Bitcoin, ether bounce is running low on fuel

Your day-ahead look for March 30, 2026

A fuel gauge near empty (Image credit: Shutterstock).

Finance

Midas raises $50 million to tackle pain point for tokenized asset investors

The funding will support the introduction of an instant redemption system for onchain funds, a key hurdle for broader institutional adoption.

Dennis Dinkelmeyer, CEO and co-founder of Midas (Midas)

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Markets

Bitcoin steadies, altcoins jump in liquidity-driven relief rally

Bitcoin and ether tick higher while altcoins surge on oversold bounce, but weak liquidity and macro tensions keep the broader trend fragile.

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Markets

Ethereum Foundation stakes additional $42 million of ether

About 20,470 ETH, or roughly $42 million, flowed from Ethereum Foundation-linked wallets into the Beacon Chain in a series of coordinated deposits Monday, marking one of the largest visible batches in its ongoing staking rollout.

Vitalik Buterin speaking at ETHDenver in February 2022

Markets

Polymarket trader exploits UFC blunder, turns $676 into $67,000 in under a minute

The episode underscores how quickly prediction market prices can whipsaw on live-event errors.

trader (Pixabay)

Markets

FTX payout, U.S. jobs: Crypto Week Ahead

Your look at what's coming in the week starting March 30.

Sam Bankman-Fried (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Finance

Crypto's future is bright in the context of AI's assault on software firms, says Kraken-backed investment firm

Crypto’s latest bear cycle is a mere blip when compared with the existential threat AI now poses to traditional software services, says Ravi Tanuku, CEO of KRAKacquisition Corp.

Ravi Tanuku, CEO of KRAKacquisition Corp.

Markets

NYSE owner doubles down on Polymarket with fresh $600 million investment

The parent company of the New York Stock Exchange is cementing its bet on the future of prediction markets, bringing its total commitment to nearly $2 billion.

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