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.

Sam Reynolds

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Web3

What Happens to Football NFTs Now That Panini Lost Its License?

Don’t worry, your NFTs aren’t going to be lost to the ether anytime soon.

NFL All Day (Unsplash)

Policy

Thailand Warns Meta to Rein In Crypto Scams or Face Expulsion

A Thai lawmaker is seeking a court order to shut down Facebook in the country by the end of the month, accusing the platform of supporting fraudulent investment schemes.

(Pixabay)

Policy

Prosecutors, Sam Bankman-Fried File Proposed Jury Instructions for Trial

The FTX founder's lawyers are suggesting Bankman-Fried acted in good faith, with a trial set for October.

Sam Bankman-Fried, right, outside court in July 2023. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Tech

Friend.tech Becomes Massive Ether Money Machine as NBA Players, FaZe Clan Join In

The application has zoomed to becoming the second-largest revenue maker among crypto protocols in just over two weeks.

image of a crypto trader aka degen (Anjo Clacino/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Scheduled Unlocks for LDO, AVAX, YGG Tokens Promise Busy Week Ahead

Research by The Tie show coins tend to drop in the days leading up to an unlock.

Los primeros inversores podrán vender una parte de sus tenencias. (Unsplash, modificada por CoinDesk)

Markets

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Is CPI Resistant

Modest Consumer Price Index numbers mean that the chance of another rate hike is dwindling.

(CoinDesk Indicies)

Markets

First Mover Asia: SEC Appealing XRP Ruling Isn't Moving Markets

Ripple's partial victory over the Securities and Exchange Commission pushed up the layer 1 and altcoin market, as many of these tokens had been accused of being securities.

(CoinDesk Indices)

Markets

First Mover Asia: First $30K, Then $40K, but Bitcoin Needs Volatility First

The world’s largest digital asset is rangebound, but so far this year, bitcoin is beating the returns most digital asset funds are posting.

(CoinDesk Indicies)

Markets

Bitcoin Quiet in Asia at $29.3K as Market Hunts for Catalyst

Thursday morning's inflation report from the government was slightly better than economists had forecast.

(CoinDesk Indicies)

Finance

Bitstamp Raising Funds for Asia, Europe Expansion: Bloomberg

Bitstamp is one of the oldest crypto exchanges, founded in 2011.

The Bitstamp booth at a crypto conference (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)