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.

Sheldon Reback

Latest from Sheldon Reback


Finanzas

Spanish lender BBVA joins EU banks' stablecoin venture to challenge digital dollars

The $800 billion-asset bank is the 12th to join Amsterdam-based Qivalis, which aims to introduce a euro-pegged token this year.

The EU seeks to put savings caps on the digital euro.

Tecnología

The Protocol: Vitalik Buterin’s stark warning on layer-2 roadmap

Also: Open-source alternative for bitcoin miners, EF’s quantum-computing team and a new lending protocol for XRP

Vitalik Buterin

Finanzas

ProShares unveils first U.S. ETF that lets you buy the top 20 cryptos at once

ProShares has listed KRYP, the first U.S. ETF designed to track the CoinDesk 20 Index, giving investors exposure to the largest and most liquid cryptocurrencies.

ETFs (Markus Winkler/Pixabay, modified by CoinDesk)

Finanzas

Opinion raises $20 million as prediction markets draw capital in a weak crypto market

The blockchain-based platform says it handles a third of global prediction-market volume, betting that onchain settlement and category diversification can sustain growth.

Scattered pile of $1 bills (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay)

Publicidad

Mercados

Bitcoin nears pre-election floor as ETF flows stall, Citi says

The cryptocurrency is trading below key ETF cost levels and nearing its pre-election price floor as inflows to these vehicles fade and headwinds build, the bank said.

Bitcoin (TheDigitalArtist/Pixabay, modified by CoinDesk)

Mercados

Bitcoin’s thinnest price zone hints at extended stay between $70,000 and $80,000

Limited historical trading activity and thin onchain supply suggest further consolidation or a retest of the lower range.

BTC URPD: (Glassnode)

Crypto Daybook Americas

How your brain may drive bitcoin higher

Your day-ahead look for Feb. 4, 2026

A group of CAT scans of the human brain

Mercados

Crypto steadies after selloff as bitcoin, ether rebound from multiyear lows

Bitcoin and ether are posting gains after a sharp market-wide decline, with derivatives traders continuing to reduce risk exposure.

Still water. (Matthias_Groeneveld/Pixabay)

Publicidad

Finanzas

Crypto’s wealthy investors and industry leaders see IPO hype waning in 2026

Despite expectations for some IPO and venture activity in 2026, fewer investors feel as confident as they did last year, according to the latest CfC St. Moritz report.

Nicolo Stöhr, CEO of the CfC St. Moritz

Finanzas

Over 60% of crypto press releases are linked to high-risk or scam projects, study finds

Crypto press release services often provide misleading marketing content, creating an illusion of legitimacy by placing unverified announcements alongside legitimate news.

Newspaper printing (Bank Phrom/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)