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

Bitcoin ETFs Flows Could Propel BTC Prices to $112K This Year: CryptoQuant

Spot bitcoin ETFs have amassed more than 192,000 bitcoin in holdings, as of Friday, since their launch nearly a month ago.

The ability to transfer all PYUSD user funds into PayPal may leave crypto natives hesitant to adopt the stablecoin. Oliver Buchmann/Unsplash)

Markets

DeFi Platform Pendle Nears $1B in Total Value Locked

Pendle crossed the $100 million TVL mark in mid-June 2023.

Pendle TVL. (DeFiLlama)

Web3

NFTs Are the Pillars of Digital Capitalism, Animoca Founder Says

Yat Siu explains why we shouldn't dismiss NFTs as monkey JPEGs and how blockchain acts as a political system of sorts, fostering a consensus-based democratic process.

Yat Siu is interviewed by CoinDesk at Ta Zhi DAO's lounge during the Taiwan Blockchain Week (Ta Zhi DAO)

Markets

Trump-Themed Tokens Rocket as Prominent Crypto Fund Bets on Coins Modeled After Ex-President

The former president has been a considerable driver for related crypto trading volume since 2020, data shows.

Trump Digital Trading Cards: MugShot Edition (CollectTrumpCards.com)

Policy

British Columbia Court Backs Ban on Crypto Mining in Canadian Province

Conifex, a B.C.-based cryptocurrency mining company, challenged B.C. Hydro's 18-month moratorium on mining.

Interior of the British Columbia court building in Vancouver, B.C (Wpcpey/Wikimedia Commons)

Policy

Donald Trump Calls CBDCs and Artificial Intelligence 'Dangerous'

The Republican front-runner also said that AI-powered deepfakes were a "tremendous problem."

Trump Trading Cards Series 2 (OpenSea)

Markets

Bitcoin Flat as Traders Look Forward to the 'Year of the Dragon'

Market enthusiasts expect the year of the dragon to bring good fortune for the crypto market, but more traditional analysts advice caution.

A dragon statue. (Emanuela Meli/Unsplash)

Markets

OPNX Founder Su Zhu Says Shutdown Comes Because FTX Estate Claims Reached 'Recovery'

OPNX's volume peaked at just over $600,000, according to CoinGecko data.

Kyle Davies (left) and Su Zhu (middle). (Kyle Davies/X)

Markets

AI Tokens Up After Meta Beats Analyst Expectations

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta said it was pivoting away from Metaverse to Artificial Intelligence in early 2023.

Facebook. (Alex Haney/Unsplash)

Markets

ARK Invest Says Optimal Bitcoin Portfolio Allocation for 2023 Was 19.4%

The optimum allocation is up from 0.5% in 2015 and 6.2% in 2022.

Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood (Marco Bello/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk)