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

ICP Rises 5% as Token Burn, AI-Powered Development Tools Fuel Rally

DFINITY burns 1M tokens while debuting tools that enable app creation using plain English, sparking institutional demand.

ICP, July 31 2025 (CoinDesk)

Finance

Rice Robotics to Debut RICE Token for AI Data Marketplace on TokenFi Launchpad

With robots deployed at Softbank, 7-Eleven Japan and Mitsui Fudosan, the company is introducing a token to decentralize and monetize robotics data using a DePIN model.

A Rice Robotics minibot (Rice Robotics)

Finance

Ether Machine Starts 334K ETH Buying Spree With $57M Purchase

The Ether Machine started deploying its ETH treasury strategy, with over $400 million in reserves remaining for future purchases.

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Tech

The Protocol: Ethereum Turns 10

Also: Linea Upgrades, Solana Internet Capital Markets Roadmap and Square Begins BTC Payments.

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Markets

BNB Breaks Below $800 as Volume Patterns Point to Lack of Sustained Demand Despite Corporate Interest

The drop comes after BNB hit a record high near $860, driven by aggressive moves into the token by public companies.

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Policy

Indonesia to Raise Taxes on Crypto Transactions: Reuters

Sellers using exchanges located in the country will have to pay a 0.21% tax on the transaction value, up from 0.1%, Reuters said.

Indonesia flag (Bisma Mahendra/Unsplash)

Finance

Telegram’s @crypto Handle Gets $25M Offer as Price Surges 70-Fold in 2 Years

Telegram username @crypto, bought for $350,000, now commands a $25 million offer — showcasing the explosive rise of tokenized digital identities on the TON blockchain.

Telegram app on a smartphone (Christian Wiediger/Unsplash)

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Markets

Polkadot's DOT Drops Over 6% as Deterioration Accelerates

Support has been established at $3.74, with resistance at the $3.83 level.

DOT Price Drops 6.6% Amid Intensifying Global Trade Tensions and Bearish Momentum

Markets

How Will SEC's Approval of In-Kind Redemptions for Bitcoin and Ether ETFs Reshape The Crypto Market?

The SEC approved in-kind creations and redemptions for spot bitcoin and ether ETFs, aligning them more closely with traditional exchange-traded funds.

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