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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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)

Finance

Institutional crypto trading platform LMAX is exploring sale, IPO

LMAX is working with Morgan Stanley and investment bank KBW to assess its options, which could lead to a sale or a public offering.

Nasdaq sign on a building (CoinDesk Archives)

Finance

Crypto market maker B2C2 held sale talks with multiple potential buyers

The SBI-owned crypto trading firm is said to have attracted takeover interest from a number of suitors over the past 18 months, but valuation has been a sticking point.

Hands of two people are seen holding pencils over a pad of paper placed between two open laptops

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Markets

Bitcoin settles near $65,000 as oil's march toward $100 fails to spook the market

BTC held just under $65,000 and crypto broadly rose on Friday even as Brent crude surged to $97.66, its highest since May, as the Iran conflict persists and traditional markets stay muted.

Bitcoin price (CoinDesk data)