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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Finance

South Korea investigates seed phrase leak in photo leading to $4.8 million crypto theft from tax authority

The National Tax Service said it had intended to provide a vivid shot of the seizure by sharing a photo.

(By Minseong Kim-Wikimedia Commons/Modified by CoinDesk)

Crypto Daybook Americas

Battered bitcoin could find solace in war-led 'debasement' trade

Your day-ahead look for March 2, 2026

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Markets

Bitcoin outperforms equities in risk-off session as Iran conflict enters third day

Bitcoin rebounded to $66,500 after weekend strikes on Iran triggered $300 million in liquidations. Oil jumped, equities slid and select DeFi tokens outperformed.

Map of Iran. (Tudoran Andrei/Shutterstock)

Markets

U.S. equity futures fall in pre-market trading as oil, gold retreat from highs

Oil and gold pulled back after surging on the breakout of hostilities in Iran, while equities and crypto stocks face pressure.

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Markets

Riot Platforms, Core Scientific earnings, U.S. jobs report: Crypto Week Ahead

Your look at what's coming in the week starting March 2.

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Finance

Buyouts and bitcoin: Inside the messy boardroom fight at a treasury company that may span to others

Empery Digital holds 3,723 BTC as a reserve asset, and a major investor is calling for the company to sell the lot and return the cash to shareholders.

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Finance

The 'stablecoin sandwich' is dead: Why the next phase of crypto payments is all about the user relationship

The real competitive advantage in stablecoins, the moat that holds competitors at bay, now lies in the distribution held by incumbents, according to the person behind Meta's abandoned Diem token.

Christian Catalini (Chainlink Labs)

Crypto Daybook Americas

The worst may lie ahead. Bitcoin chart revisits historic pattern.

Your day-ahead look for Feb. 27, 2026

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Markets

Bitcoin falls with ether, solana while decred, AI-linked tokens advance

Positioning in futures and options shows traders looking to protect against further declines.

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Markets

U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs set for biggest week in 6 after adding $1.1 billion in three days

The inflows coincide with a rebound in the Coinbase Premium index, signaling renewed U.S. demand.

Chart of U.S. bitcoin EFT Inflows and Outflows (SoSoValue)