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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Finance

Private Equity Giant Apollo Invests in Real-World Asset Platform Plume

The investment aims to accelerate Plume’s efforts to make real-world assets tradable and usable in crypto markets.

Plume co-founders Eugene Shen, Chris Yin and Teddy Pornprinya (Plume)

Finance

Lyzi Raises $1.4M to Expand Tezos-Based Crypto Payments Service for Retail

The round included participation from angels investors Christopher Grilhault des Fontaines, founder of Dfns, and Jean-Luc Bernard, founder of Astek

Photo looking down on consumers in a retail department store.

Markets

The All-Important U.S. 10-Year Yield Is Moving in the Wrong Direction for Trump

One of the most volatile trading sessions since March 2020 exposed deep cracks in the global financial system—foreign selling of U.S. Treasury notes is questioned.

President Donald Trump (Shutterstock)

Markets

XRP, Dogecoin Surge 10% as Crypto Markets Stage Relief Rally

Total crypto market cap has pulled back to levels seen in early November, when Donald Trump's victory triggered a break through a resistance level.

A lifesaving ring hangs on a iron fence overlooking the sea. (Credit:

Finance

Bitcoin Mining Stocks Plunge as Revenue Craters Amid Market Carnage

MARA, RIOT, CLSK among mining stocks that fell more than 10% on Monday.

(Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Finance

South Korea’s National Pension Service Eyes Blockchain for $890B Fund's Transactions

The NPS plans to invite blockchain experts and companies to participate in a preliminary disclosure process before starting a research study.

South Korea flag (Planet Volumes / Unsplash)

Markets

Strategy Treads Water on BTC Bet, While Metaplanet, Semler Reel from Heavy Losses

Strategy’s cushion is narrowing, with an average bitcoin cost basis of $67,458.

Strategy CEO Michael Saylor at the Digital Asset Summit in New York City on March 20, 2025. (Nikhilesh De)

Markets

Tariff-Sensitive Australian Dollar Offers Hope to Bitcoin Bulls as BTC Drops Below $75K

The tariff-sensitive currency has rebounded nearly 100 pips from the Asian session low, suggesting a potential nadir in the selling of risk assets.

Photo of Uluru, Australia