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

Binance CEO 'CZ' Brushes Off News of Top Executive Departures

Binance General Counsel Han Ng, Chief Strategy Officer Patrick Hillmann, and Senior Vice President for Compliance Steven Christie are among those that left the company, reportedly over the exchange's handling of DOJ investigations.

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao speaks by video link at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting. (Jack Schickler/CoinDesk)

Finance

Celsius, Ex-CEO Alex Mashinsky Broke CFTC Rules: Bloomberg

CFTC could bring a case against Celsius by the end of the month, if its commissioners agree with the findings.

Alex Mashinsky (CoinDesk)

Finance

CryptoQuant Parent Raises $6.5M Round Led by Atinum Investment

The latest round brings the company's total capital raise to $9 million.

South Korea flag (Daniel Bernard/ Unsplash)

Markets

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Near $30K Remains Unmoved by BlackRock CEO Comments, Hawkish FOMC Minutes

PLUS: A candidate to become Thailand's next Prime Minister owns bitcoin, ether, BNB and ADA. Here's why the disclosure by Pita Limjaroenrat matters.

Bitcoin weekly chart. (CoinDesk Indices)

Markets

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Holds Above $30.5K at the End of a Quiet, Long Weekend

PLUS: Dismissing the very real prevalence of Ponzi schemes in GameFi isn't a good look for Web 3.

Bitcoin daily chart. (CoinDesk Indices)

Policy

Voyager Creditors Billed $5.1M for March-May by Law Firm

Latest bill brings total compensation bills to $16.4 million for bankruptcy and restructuring firm.

Voyager Digital's bankrupcy has left creditors in the lurch. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Crosses $31K After Spot BTC ETF Issuers Begin Refiling

PLUS: The first half of 2023 has so far been very promising for the crypto majors.

Bitcoin daily chart. (CoinDesk Indices)

Markets

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Maintains $30K as Prospective Issuers Refile ETF Applications

PLUS: Japan is a regulatory success story when it comes to digital assets and Web3. But walking around the recent IVS Crypto Conference in Kyoto, one can’t help but feel that something is amiss.

Paperwork (Scott Graham/Unsplash)

Policy

SEC vs Coinbase Case Set for July 13 After Exchange’s ‘Creative' Opening Response

The date for the court hearing is much earlier than expected, prompted by a "creative" defense tactic by Coinbase – it filed its response 40 days before the deadline of August 7, 2023.

(Shutterstock)

Finance

FTX Customers Have Until End-September to Submit Bankruptcy Claims

Former customers will receive an email containing a link to the Customer Claims Portal.

New FTX CEO John J. Ray III (C-Span)