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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Policy

No, Hong Kong Won’t Be Allowing Retail Traders Access to Crypto on June 1

A tweet suggesting the city will make crypto fully legal for all citizens is a misreading of the legislation.

(DALL-E/CoinDesk)

Markets

First Mover Asia: Crypto Momentum Falters as Bitcoin Retreats to $23.6K

ALSO: Sam Reynolds considers a rising trend of crypto startups postponing their token launches, part of the fallout from the collapse of crypto exchange FTX and its trading arm Alameda Research.

Bitcoin jumped early Tuesday before falling into the red. (Shutterstock)

Markets

Crypto Startups Are Increasingly Postponing Token Launch Plans as Alameda Research's Contagion Effects Linger

Data from CoinMarketCap shows a precipitous decline in applications for token listings as liquidity dries up.

Where have all the tokens gone? (Juli Kosolapova/Unsplash)

Finance

Gaming Network Oasys Onboards Japan Conglomerate SoftBank as Network Validator

Softbank was one of four companies that joined the network, bringing the total number of validators to 25.

(Lev Radin/Shutterstock)

Markets

Sam Bankman-Fried, Caroline Ellison, Other Company Insiders Subpoenaed by FTX for Documents

The subpoenas come after a U.S. judge overseeing bankruptcy proceedings gave a green light to FTX's Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors and its leadership to serve the insiders.

Sam Bankman-Fried outside U.S. District Court on Feb. 9, 2023 (Liz Napolitano/CoinDesk)

Markets

DOGE, Floki Soaring After Musk Tweets Photo of His Dog in Twitter CEO Chair

Doge, Floki and SHIB are up, while BONK is flat after Musk declares his dog Floki is an amazing CEO of Twitter and “better than that other guy.”

(Getty Images)

Markets

DBS Says Bitcoin Trading up 80% in 2022 on DDex Exchange

DBS’ crypto exchange, which is not open to retail traders, currently allows for bitcoin, ether, XRP, bitcoin cash, DOT and ADA trading.

Piyush Gupta, chief executive officer of DBS Group Holdings

Markets

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Holds Steady on CPI Data. Are Investors Undecided?

ALSO: Unspent transaction output, individual units of bitcoin that are locked in transactions on the blockchain, are rising. Here's why the trend is significant.

(Getty Images)

Markets

Bitcoin’s UTXOs Are Close to All-Time High; Here’s Why It Matters

The Bitcoin network is getting more active with increasing block sizes, transactions, and overall UTXO counts.

AXS alcanza un máximo de cuatro meses. (Source: 9685995/Pixabay)

Policy

Blockchain Association Files Amicus Brief in Coinbase Insider Trading Case

The crypto lobbying group is arguing that the SEC is engaging in “absentee enforcement” because the creators of the nine tokens, that are at the center of the insider trading case, are not linked to the case.

Court (Tingey Injury Law Firm/ Unsplash)