Sam Reynolds

Sam Reynolds is a senior reporter based in Asia. Sam was part of the CoinDesk team that won the 2023 Gerald Loeb award in the breaking news category for coverage of FTX's collapse. Prior to CoinDesk, he was a reporter with Blockworks and a semiconductor analyst with IDC.

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Markets

It's Back to Bitcoin for Darknet Markets After Monero's Binance Delisting: Chainalysis

Privacy tokens have been suffocated as governments around the world fight darknet markets – so it's back to bitcoin for purchasers of illicit goods.

A hooded figure sits in front of a laptop screen in a darkened room. (Kartik Programmer/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Nears $81K; XRP, ADA Slide as Traders Brace for Tariff War Escalation

Stock markets opened lower for the fourth consecutive day due to global anticipation of President Donald Trump's upcoming announcement of new tariffs, set to be revealed on April 2.

Bitcoin Mining ETF, WGMI down over 40% Year-to-date (Shutterstock)

Markets

Iconic 'Mt. Gox, Where Is Our Money?' Sign Is Up for Auction

The original, handwritten sign became the symbol of bitcoin's first financial crisis.

Kolin Burges' famous sign (Kolin Burges)

Markets

GameStop Prices Bitcoin Notes at $29.85

The bitcoin notes have a 35% premium over the company's Thursday closing price.

A GameStop store (CoinDesk Archive)

Finance

BlackRock Expands Digital Asset Team, Adds Four High-Level Roles

The asset manager added four new roles to its website, including a legal counsel to advise on ETF launches.

The BlackRock company logo is seen outside of its NYC headquarters. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Markets

A Contentious Ukraine Bet Leads to Clash Between Polymarket, UMA Communities

BornTooLate.Eth has accumulated over 1.3 million UMA tokens to attack a Ukraine-themed market — but nobody has appeared to have made much money.

Photo of a hand painted in blue and yellow.

Markets

Movement's MOVE Token Soars 25% as Strategic Reserve Is Unveiled After Malicious Market Maker Activity

The market is reacting positively to Movement's pledge to do a $38 million token buyback to create a Movement Strategic Reserve.

Movement Labs co-founders Cooper Scanlon and Rushi Manche (Movement Labs)

Markets

Dogecoin Foundation Purchases 10M Tokens as Part of New DOGE Reserve

The Dogecoin Foundation agreed in February to a five-year partnership with House of Doge, which will be its official commercialization partner.

(Patrícia Hellinger/Unsplash)

Markets

Dogecoin Surges 7% as Bitcoin, XRP See Brief Rally on Hopes of Trade War Easing

PLUS: AI tokens remained stable despite a prominent technology backer saying investments in the sector are occurring “ahead of demand.”

BULL IN A CHINA SHOP: Ricardo Salinas Pliego became the latest billionaire to come out in support of bitcoin.

Markets

Circle to Launch USDC in Japan on March 26 With SBI Partnership

Circle and SBI got the green light to launch USDC in the country earlier this month.

Jeremy Allaire, CEO of Circle (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)