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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Finance

Revolut drops U.S. bank merger plan to seek standalone license: FT

The fintech company believes a de novo banking license under the Trump administration will be faster than acquiring an existing bank, avoiding the need to maintain physical branches.

A Revolut card (Kay/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

U.S. bitcoin ETF weekly outflows largest since November may signal BTC price bottom

This week's redemptions reached the highest level since November, a signal that often marks a local bottom in the price of bitcoin.

Chart showing bitcoin ETF Flows (SoSo Value)

Finance

Optimism community begins vote on OP token buybacks

The Optimism Foundation's proposal would link the value of the OP token more directly to the economic performance of the Superchain.

A seedling sprouts from a pile of coins.

Policy

Crypto regulation to become global reality this year, PwC says

PwC says 2026 is when crypto rules go live globally, reshaping stablecoins, compliance, and the race to become the industry’s most trusted hub.

PwC building (Photo by 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅 𝘙𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘳 on Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Tech

Ethereum upgrade sparks activity spike, but JPMorgan doubts it will last

The Fusaka upgrade raised usage, but pressure from layer-2 networks and rival blockchains continues to cloud Ethereum's long-term growth outlook.

Ethereum Logo

Markets

Strategy's credit risk falls as preferred equity value surpasses convertible debt

The bitcoin-owning company's capital structure is shifting toward permanent capital, reducing refinancing risk and damping credit volatility.

Strategy Executive Chaiman Michael Saylor (Gage Skidmore / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin volatility shrinks as tariff jitters fade: Crypto Markets Today

Crypto prices stabilized after Wednesday’s tariff-driven volatility, with bitcoin reclaiming $90,000 as equities rebounded and traders rotated back into risk assets.

President Donald Trump (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Finance

Binance co-founder Zhao in talks with ‘probably a dozen’ governments on asset tokenization

Tokenization could allow governments to raise funds by selling fractional ownership of state-owned assets like infrastructure, real estate or commodities.

Changpeng "CZ" Zhao (Nikhilesh De/Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Strive proposes $150 million preferred stock sale to repay debt, buy bitcoin

The capital raise will support balance sheet restructuring and the company's bitcoin strategy.

Strive CEO Matt Cole speaks at BTC Asia in Hong Kong (screenshot)