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 Could Retract to $36K Before Uptrend Resumes, QCP Capital Says

In a recent note, the Singapore-based digital assets trading firm said expects topside resistance for bitcoin in the $45k-$48.5K region.

Bull and Bear (nosheep/Pixabay)

Markets

BlackRock, Nasdaq, SEC Met Regarding Bitcoin ETF

This is the second meeting in a month between the parties about rule changes required to list the bitcoin ETF.

BlackRock's corporate office in New York, New York. (Jim.henderson/Wikimedia Commons)

Tech

Kodex Says Binance Law Enforcement Panel Access Sale is a 'Scam'

Binance uses a third-party service called Kodex to validate law enforcement requests.

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

Policy

Elizabeth Warren Pushes Back at Blockchain Lobbying Efforts

Responding, Coin Center noted the "fundamental right to freely associate and petition the government."

Elizabeth Warren (Courtesy of Sen. Elizabeth Warren)

Markets

ARK Sells $28M Grayscale Bitcoin Trust Shares as Bitcoin Nears $43K

ARK offloaded $13M worth of GBTC shares last week.

Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood

Markets

BlackRock Revises Spot Bitcoin ETF Proposal Ahead of Hoped-for SEC Approval

BlackRock's ETF proposal now includes cash redemptions, a concession to the SEC that may improve the fund's approval odds.

Larry Fink on Fox News (Fox Business)

Markets

Major NFT Indices Stable After NFT Trader Hack

Bored Ape Yacht Club and Mutant Ape Yacht Club NFTs were returned to their owners after Yuga Labs' Greg Solano and Boring Security DAO paid a bounty.

Bored Ape (Yuga Labs)

Markets

Bitcoin Hovers Over $41K as Memecoin, Ordinals Frenzy Clogs up Blockchains

Longs continue to get liquidated as the price of bitcoin and other major digital assets gyrate.

(CoinDesk Indicies)

Policy

Taiwanese Authorities Investigating Blockchain Betters over Polymarket Election Contract: Report

The Presidential and Vice Presidential Election and Recall Act specifically prohibits gambling on elections.

A Taiwanese police car (swat_hk/Flickr)

Policy

Crypto Exchange CoinList Settles OFAC's Russian Sanctions Allegations for $1.2M

CoinList did not detect users who claimed to be from non-embargoed countries, but provided addresses in Crimea, OFAC said.

Russian flag (Egor Filin/ Unsplash)