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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Bullish misses first-quarter revenue estimates as services fall short

The company also missed bottom-line forecasts. The shares fell before rebounding as the broader market advanced.

Crypto platform Bullish goes public on the New York Stock Exchange. (CoinDesk/Nik De)

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Cerebras, OpenAI, SpaceX: The IPO pipeline that could drain crypto

Cerebras Systems’ $5.5 billion IPO and soaring semiconductor stocks underscore how investor attention has shifted from bitcoin to artificial intelligence in 2026.

BTCUSD vs AI Equities (TradingView)

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Bitcoin stuck below $80,000 as leveraged longs unwind, altcoins slide

Crypto markets weakened as inflation fears hit risk assets, triggering long liquidations, negative derivatives flows and renewed pressure on altcoins.

Bitcoin price (CoinDesk Data)

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Moody’s assigns Aaa-mf assessments to Fidelity International and BlackRock tokenized money market funds

The assessment suggest the highest level of credit quality, liquidity and capital preservation.

A smartphone displays the logo of Moody's Corporation

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UK parliament to probe Nigel Farage’s $6.8 million donation from crypto billionaire

If found guilty of violating the Parliamentary code of conduct, the Reform UK party leader could be suspended from the House of Commons.

Nigel Farage. (Reform UK)

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Crypto wallet provider Ledger puts U.S. IPO plans on hold due to market conditions

The French crypto security firm, which is said to have explored a potential $4 billion U.S. listing, is reassessing its public market plans as volatile conditions weigh on investor appetite for crypto IPOs.

Ledger (Flickr)

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Anthropic, OpenAI tokens plunge as AI firms say pre-IPO share transfers are invalid

Tokens on Solana that claim to track the private-market valuations of Anthropic and OpenAI dropped sharply this week after both AI companies warned that the structures used to back the tokens may be invalid.

Screen chart showing a descending line

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Bitcoin holds below $81,000 with Trump-Xi talks on the horizon

Bitcoin held steady before President Donald Trump's with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping.

A lone guard stands in an empty square at the entrance to the Forbidden City, Beijing.

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Charles Schwab begins U.S. rollout of spot crypto trading for retail customers

An initial group of clients can now trade bitcoin and ether on the Schwab Crypto platform.

Facade of Charles Schwab office building with visible logo