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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Web3

Airbnb CEO says X account was hacked, attacker posted AI-slop on tokenization

Brian Chesky regained control of his account and told any new crypto followers he would be a "disappointing follow".

Airbnb website on a laptop

Finance

Citadel Securities invests $400 million in Crypto.com, valuing exchange at $20 billion

The exchange's first institutional funding round values it at $20 billion and will fund expansion into tokenized securities and derivatives.

Citadel CEO Ken Griffin

Finance

Keyrock acquires BlockFills trading assets to expand institutional crypto business

The deal adds institutional trading clients, derivatives expertise and regulatory licenses as Keyrock looks to deepen its presence in crypto capital markets.

Keyrock CEO and co-founder Kevin de Patoul (Keyrock)

Crypto Daybook Americas

The most popular bitcoin call option has slipped by $10,000

Your day-ahead look for July 18, 2026

BTC options Deribit: OI distribution across strike prices. (Deribit Metrics)

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Markets

Bitcoin pulls back to $64,000 after hitting monthly high as bears take control

Profit-taking after bitcoin hit a $65,500 monthly high combined with fresh Iranian strikes on U.S. bases sent crypto lower, with bears leading price action across most tokens.

Bitcoin price (CoinDesk data

Finance

U.S. adds four Iran central bank crypto wallets to sanctions, Tether freezes $131 million of contents

The freeze targets TRON-based addresses that held over $165 million, preventing those specific funds from being transferred or redeemed.

Iran Central Bank Governor Abdolnaser Hemmati casts a ballot

Markets

Live updates: Bitcoin holding $64,000 as AI momentum stocks continue to tumble

Blockchain investigator ZachXBT came down heavily on hardware wallets. BTC traded steady near $65,000 after South Korea's rate hike.

Bitcoin's 24 hour performance. (CoinDesk data)

Policy

South Korea to modify 76-year-old law to classify cryptocurrencies as national assets

The government also reaffirmed plans to pilot tokenized government bonds next year and explore tokenizing state-owned real estate.

Illuminated sign saying "Seoul"

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Finance

Open USD poses biggest threat yet to Circle's USDC, CoinShares says

The consortium-backed stablecoin would share reserve income with partners instead of the issuer, pressuring Circle's margins if it debuts in 2026.

Irfan Ganchi, SVP of Product Management, Circle, on stage at Circle Forum Singapore

Finance

The launchpad that fueled Robinhood Chain's memecoin boom just gave away all its revenue

Noxa, the launchpad behind CASHCAT's rise, racked up nearly $12 million in fees before going dark, giving away its revenue, and leaving Robinhood Chain's memecoin economy in freefall.

A space shuttle takes off on the back of a rocket. (WikiImages/Pixabay)