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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Markets

Bitcoin, ether decline as Coldcard exploit enters a fifth day

Nevertheless, the drop in crypto prices seems restrained given the magnitude of losses in the wallet hack and the erosion of confidence in cold storage.

Bitcoin price chart

Markets

The bitcoin futures yield collapse: Once over 20%, now less than Treasury notes

Bitcoin futures’ once-rich carry has evaporated, with quarterly basis yields trailing two‑year U.S. Treasuries since February, a sign of shrinking arbitrage and a maturing market.

BTC futures basis yields less than Treasury notes. (Glassnode)

Policy

Robinhood wins UK crypto registration before new regulatory regime kicks off

Robinhood’s U.K. arm was added to the FCA's list of registered cryptoasset companies as of July 31.

Robinhood's Vlad Tenev speaks at Token2049 in Singapore (Token2049)

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Tech

Coldcard wallet losses may near $114 million as possible fourth sweep emerges

The pending transactions signal replace-by-fee, so anyone who spots their address in the mempool has minutes to pay a higher fee and move funds first.

Bitcoin cold-wallet losses may near $114 million as possible fourth sweep emerges. (Coldcard/Coinkite)

Markets

U.S. Jobs, Circle, Galaxy, American Bitcoin earnings: Crypto Week Ahead

Your look at what's coming in the week starting Aug. 3

A mug of black coffee, leather notebook, glasses and pen rest on top of spreadsheet printout.

Markets

Quantum computing nears commercial breakthrough, IBM CEO says

Arvind Krishna said quantum computing will begin generating meaningful revenue before the decade ends as investment in the sector accelerates, in an interview on CNBC.

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Markets

Crypto faces 3 barriers to next bull run, STS Digital CEO says

Institutional options selling, AI and delayed U.S. crypto regulation are weighing on bitcoin, according to STS Digital CEO Maxime Seiler.

Trading screen. (Yashowardhan Singh/Unsplash)

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Markets

World Cup bets smash records as prediction markets hit $20 billion in volume

Markets ranged from the simple question of who would win the tournament to whether Cristiano Ronaldo would cry when Portugal were eliminated (he did).

2026 FIFA World Cup winners Spain (Getty Images)