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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Finance

BlockFi’s Zac Prince Leaves Crypto, Joins Real Estate Tech Startup Re Cost Seg

Prince says he considered starting a new company in the crypto space, but wants something with a regular work week and lacks the octane and volatility of the industry.

BlockFi CEO Zac Prince at Consensus 2019 (CoinDesk)

Finance

CoinDesk Brings Consensus to Hong Kong

The announcement comes as Hong Kong works to brand itself as Asia's digital assets trading hub.

Hong Kong harbor skyline view into Kowloon

Policy

BlockFi Settles With FTX, Alameda Estates for $874.5M

The settlement with FTX and Alameda Research is a key part of BlockFi's bankruptcy and reorganization plan.

BlockFi CEO Zac Prince (right) (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

Binance.US Slashed Two-Thirds of Its Workforce as Revenue Plunged After SEC Lawsuit: Court Transcript

"The allegations of the SEC severely undermined institutional trust in our platform," Binance.US executive Christopher Blodgett said during a deposition.

Two large stacked blocks displaying Binance's logo at a trade show.

Markets

Bitcoin's Test of All-Time Highs Means Old Miners Are Cashing Out

Early miners are sending their old block rewards to exchanges, contributing to selling pressure as bitcoin retreats from testing all-time highs.

ASIC Miners (Sandali Handagama/CoinDesk)

Tech

Jupiter’s Perpetual Crypto Trading Falters as Bitcoin Hits Record

The Solana-based trading platform was experiencing issues with its price feed infrastructure.

Planet Jupiter and its great red spot

Markets

Bitcoin Soars to New All-Time High Above $69K

The success of the spot ETFs which opened for business on Jan. 11 was the catalyst for this latest bull run for the world's largest crypto.

rocket lifting off

Markets

Trump MAGA Meme Coins Are the First Experiment in 'PoliFi'

One part community, one part prediction market, the meme coin that borrows the former president's likeness is a troll project that became serious.

Donald Trump (Shaleah Craighead/Wikimedia Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

Wall Street Journal Accused of Defamation Over 2023 Tether-Bitfinex Article

Christopher Harborne and his aviation fuel broker AML Global were wrongly accused of "committing fraud, laundering money, and financing terrorists," according to the lawsuit.

(Sasun Bughdaryan/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Is Hitting All-Time Highs Around the World

The U.S. economy and its dollar has enjoyed relative strength over the past few years.

(NASA/Unsplash)