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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Tecnologia

Babylon Introduces Trustless Bitcoin Vaults for BTC Staking Protocol

The trustless bitcoin vaults harness BitVM3, the latest evolution of BitVM, a framework for enabling smart contracts on the Bitcoin blockchain.

David Tse, co-founder of Babylon (Bradley Keoun, modified by CoinDesk)

Tecnologia

The Protocol: Solana’s Seeker Mobile Begins to Ship

Also: Base Block Production Failure Due to Sequencer, Jito Proposes Rerouting Block Engine Fees and Cardano Core Devs Get $70M Budget.

Bicycle rider in sun

Mercados

ICP Falls 2.4% Despite Bullish Reversal From Sub-$5 Levels

Internet Computer falls amid volatile trading, but rebounds off $4.97 lows with elevated volume

ICP-USD, Aug 6 2025 (CoinDesk)

Mercados

BONK Drops 4% With Volatility Exceeding Altcoin Average

Memecoin trades with 50% price spread intraday.

BONK-USD, Aug 6 2025 (CoinDesk)

Publicidade

Política

Philippines SEC Cracks Down on Unregistered Crypto Exchanges as New Rules Kick In

The agency warned the public against engaging with unregistered crypto firms.

Skyline of Manila, Philippines. (Alexes Gerard/Unsplash)

Política

Nomura-Backed Laser Digital Wins Regulatory Nod for Crypto Derivatives in Dubai

Laser Digital secured the first regulated over-the-counter crypto options limited license under VARA’s pilot framework.

Dubai skyline

Tecnologia

Base Says Sequencer Failure Caused Block Production Halt of 33 Minutes

The outage began at 06:07 UTC on Aug. 5, when the active sequencer fell behind due to congestion from on-chain activity, according to Base.

A plug disconnected from its electricity socket.

Publicidade

Mercados

BNB Falls Below $750 as Crypto Market Sell-Off Erases Corporate-Fueled Optimism

The drop came amid a market sell-off triggered by bitcoin's drop to $112,800, which sparked $360 million in liquidations in 24 hours.

BNB price chart (CoinDesk Data)

Tecnologia

Coinbase Adds Embedded Wallets to Development Platform to Simplify Web3 Onboarding

The new tool is part of the Coinbase Developer Platform (CDP) and lets developers integrate self-custodial wallets into their apps without any hiccups.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)