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

Free Money? Polymarket Bet Pays 8.7% if China Doesn't Invade Taiwan

Betting against an invasion on the prediction market may yield almost 7x as much as Taiwan government bonds. Plus: Mideast turmoil barely changes U.S. presidential odds.

Taiwanese currency (Photo: sharyn morrow).

Policy

BTC, ETH Rise as Hong Kong Bitcoin ETF Applicants Say They've Been Approved

The Securities and Futures Commission, Hong Kong's markets regulator, has not made an official announcement.

(Ruslan Bardash/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Back in Green as Crypto Market Awaits Hong Kong Spot ETF Decision

The market has shaken off concerns of escalations between Iran and Israel as the U.S. appears to have talked Israel out of a counter-attack.

(CoinDesk Indices)

Markets

Bitcoin Stable Near $71K as GBTC Outflows Pick Back Up

The Thursday total ETF flow was negative, with GBTC leading the pack

(CoinDesk Indicies)

Markets

Bitcoin is Pricing in Two Fed Rate Cuts for 2024, Trader Says

Quantitive trading firm Pythagoras sees risk assets pricing in two, not three Fed rate cuts for 2024 as bitcoin holds steady in Asia.

(CoinDesk Indicies)

Tech

MarginFi Leader Resigns on Fiery Day for Major Solana Lender

"The main problem was our lack of organizational execution," MarginFi's longtime leader Edgar Pavlovsky told CoinDesk.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

Metaplanet Shares Soar as Japanese Firm Mimics MicroStrategy on Bitcoin Buying

Metaplanet began as Red Planet Japan, a budget hotel operator, before pivoting to become a Web3 developer.

(Shutterstock)

Markets

Ether Rallies to $3.6K as Bitcoin Holds Steady at $71K

Liquid staking tokens like Lido, Rocket Pool, and ether.fi follow ether's gains.

CoinDesk Indicies)

Policy

Crypto Market Maker GSR Receives Singapore Crypto License

The license is the first awarded by Singapore to a crypto market maker.

GSR co-founders Cristian Gil and Rich Rosenblum (GSR)