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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Mercados

SOL's Evolving Throwback Pattern Makes It Enticing for Breakout Traders: Godbole

The pattern has its roots in the behavioral aspects of trading and often sets the stage for bigger bull runs.

Tennis, ball. (anais_anais29/Pixabay)

Regulación

Russia Imposes 6-Year Ban on Crypto Mining in 10 Regions, Citing Energy Use: Tass

Temporary bans may be imposed in other regions during peak energy demand, Tass reported

A BitCluster crypto mining site in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. (Image Credit: BitCluster)

Finanzas

Solana Layer 2 Sonic to Airdrop SONIC Token to TikTok Users

Sonic built its game SonicX natively inside TikTok, attempting to replicate the success of TON blockchain mini apps that were built inside Telegram.

Pyth issues token airdrop (ian dooley/Unsplash)

Mercados

Investment Advisers to Supplant Hedge Funds as Top BTC ETF Holders in 2025: CF Benchmarks

Investment advisers, the gatekeepers to retail and high-net-worth capital, are seen overtaking hedge fund managers in owning BTC and ETH ETFs next year.

Crystal ball. (GimpWorkshop/Pixabay)

CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: APT Falls 14.8% as Index Trades Lower Over Weekend

Avalanche joined Aptos as among the worst performers, falling 6%.

9am CoinDesk 20 Update for 2024-12-23: laggards chart

Mercados

CAT, MOG, SHIB Among Meme Tokens Added to Chainlink Services

Offering on various networks increases visibility and distribution for a token, helping drive investment and usage among network users.

(Chainlink)

Mercados

MicroStrategy Buys a Further 5,262 BTC as Stock Joins Nasdaq 100

The purchase takes MicroStrategy's total holdings to 444,262 bitcoin.

MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor

Mercados

Metaplanet Picks Up Record 620 Bitcoin as XRP Leads Market Slide

The purchase did little to buoy sentiment for bitcoin, which recorded its first seven-day loss since early November.

Bull and bear (Shutterstock)

Mercados

HyperLiquid Sees Record $60M in USDC Flee as North Korea Said to Be Probing Perpetuals Exchange

North Korea-linked addresses, said to be possibly testing the exchange for weaknesses, have accrued losses exceeding $700,000, according to one observer.

USDC net flows on HyperLiquid. (Hashed Official/Dune)

Mercados

What Happened to Bitcoin's Santa Rally?

Historically, the fourth quarter is the bitcoin's best; this year it's underperforming.

Santa Claus (Pixabay)