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

Standard Chartered sees bitcoin sliding to $50,000, ether to $1,400 before recovery

The bank cuts its 2026 crypto price targets, warning of further near-term capitulation as ETF outflows and macro headwinds weigh on digital assets.

AI trading screens. (TheDigitalArtist/Pixabay)

Finance

Only 5% of companies see AI improving profit, McKinsey China chairman tells Consensus

The chairman of Greater China at McKinsey said nearly every company is experimenting with AI, few are rethinking their organizations deeply enough to unlock profit.

McKinsey Greater China Chairman Joe Ngai at Consensus Hong Kong 2026 (CoinDesk)

Finance

Recapping day 2 of Consensus Hong Kong

The conference's second day focused more on developers after day 1 concentrated on institutional providers and traders.

Wide shot of a packed show floor during Consensus Hong Kong 2026


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Markets

Bitcoin defies 'extreme fear,' hot jobs report to show signs of resilience

Bitcoin rose after the U.S. jobs report indicated employment growth in many sectors of the economy was restrained even as the headline number surged.

Uniswap logo on phone (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

Policy

Agant registers with U.K. FCA ahead of British pound stablecoin debut

The issuer cleared a key regulatory hurdle as it prepares to roll out GBPA, a fully backed sterling stablecoin targeting institutional use.

Stablecoin networks (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

OKX Ventures backs STBL in partnership with Hamilton Lane and Securitize

The companies are joining forces to introduce an RWA-backed stablecoin on OKX’s Ethereum-compatible layer-2 blockchain, X Layer.

Avtar Sehra sits on a chair in front of a microphone (Libre)

Finance

Gen Z 'nihilism' is fueling a $100 trillion crypto derivatives boom in response to a broken system

A significant increase in housing costs makes home ownership unattainable for many Gen Z individuals, leading to financial nihilism, said CoinFund's David Pakman.

Coinfund Managing Partner David Pakman stands on stage at Consensus Hong Kong

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Finance

Why crypto VCs at Consensus Hong Kong are playing a 15-year game

With capital tightening, investors are backing “what’s working,” like stablecoins and tokenization, while selectively betting on AI and prediction markets.

Paul Veradittakit of Pantera Capital at Consensus Hong Kong 2026 (CoinDesk)

Finance

Institutional crypto platform BlockFills said to halt withdrawals, restrict trading

It's shades of 2022, when any number of crypto platforms were forced to suspend withdrawals as prices crumbled.

(Nadine Shaabana/Unsplash)