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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Another DeFi protocol loses millions in hack days after KelpDAO breach

Volo Protocol lost about $3.5 million from three vaults holding WBTC, XAUm, and USDC.

Hacker facing screens with lines of code (Boitumelo/Unsplash)

Финансы

Bitget exchange brings pre-IPO tokens to masses starting with SpaceX on Solana

The crypto exchange opens IPO Prime access with Republic to offer Solana-based tokens tied to private firms ahead of public listings.

SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk (Getty Images)

Технологии

Coinbase advisory board says quantum computing threat is on the horizon, crypto needs a plan

The 50-page paper concludes that while today’s blockchains remain secure, a future “fault-tolerant quantum computer” capable of breaking widely used encryption is increasingly plausible, and preparation must begin now.

Coinbase CEO, Brian Armstrong, at Consensus 2019 (CoinDesk)

Финансы

UK invites crypto giant Bybit to London to win over some of UAE’s innovation shine

Bybit CEO Ben Zhou had meetings in the U.K. this week with government-linked bodies including the FCA and House of Lords.

UK Parliament Building and Big Ben, London

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Almost 80% of Japan's institutional investors plan to buy crypto within 3 years, survey finds

A survey by Nomura reveals that roughly 80% of Japan's investment professionals plan to allocate up to 5% of their portfolios to digital assets by 2029.

Japan flag in front of a building (Roméo A./Unsplash)

Крипто-дневник Америки

Bitcoin trades above a make-or-break level ahead of Warsh hearing

What you need to know for April 21, 2026

Federal Reserve Building in Washington D.C.

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Bitcoin climbs as risk sentiment improves, altcoins hit by exploit concerns

Bitcoin advanced while altcoins continued to struggle after the weekend's DeFi exploit, with markets eyeing Middle East tensions and shifting risk sentiment.

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Финансы

Crypto scammers offer ‘safe passage’ through Hormuz. At least one ship may have been conned.

Marisks, a maritime risk company, alerted ships stranded by the Hormuz blockade to scammers posing as Iranian authorities asking for bitcoin or USDT.

Oil tanker viewed from above. (Venti Views/Unsplash)

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Bitcoin is now calmer than South Korea's stock market. Here's why it matters

Bitcoin's comparative stability during geopolitical turmoil has reinforced its appeal as a hedge.

A tree reflected in still waters at night. (Pixabay)

Финансы

UK gas-investment firm weighs bitcoin mining, draws criticism

Reabold Resources' gas field is so large it could theoretically mine 50,000 BTC, local media said. The firm said it will test bitcoin mining before pivoting to data centers.

Bitcoin mining farm (CoinDesk archives)