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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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)

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)

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Finance

Nomura-backed Laser Digital introduces tokenized bitcoin yield-bearing fund

The Laser Digital Bitcoin Diversified Yield Fund SP targets excess returns on top of BTC performance.

Headshot of Laser Digital CEO Jez Mohideen

Markets

Solana outpaces crypto market as Claude Code-linked token frenzy lifts network activity

Network activity has risen, driven by speculation around AI tokens, with active addresses increasing from 14.7 million to 18.9 million in a week.

"Solana Rallies 2% to $130 Amid RWA Milestone and Institutional Inflows"

Finance

Iran’s central bank bought $507 million USDT to underpin rial, report finds

Elliptic traced more than $500 million in USDT tied to Iran’s central bank, suggesting the stablecoin was used to manage foreign-exchange pressures and build a “sanctions-proof” alternative to dollar banking.

(Photo by hosein charbaghi on Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

BlackRock names crypto and tokenization as ‘themes driving markets’ in 2026

The $10 trillion asset manager includes bitcoin, ether and stablecoins in its 2026 outlook, spotlighting blockchain as a rising force in modern finance.

BlackRock logo on a stone block

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Finance

Bitcoin utility blockchain VerifiedX debuts ‘Venmo-for crypto’ payment app Butterfly

The Butterfly app goes live in partnership with Crypto.com, Moonpay and Blockdaemon.

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