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

First Mover Asia: Cryptos Shrug Off Latest US Productivity, Jobs Data; Bitcoin Hovers at $22.9K

ALSO: Sam Reynolds considers litecoin's strong performance over the past year compared to bitcoin and ether. The first altcoin has been operating largely out of the spotlight.

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Markets

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Surges Past $23K Before Retreating

ALSO: Sam Reynolds writes that Microsoft cutting its mixed reality team underlines large tech firms's struggles to succeed in the augmented and virtual reality space. Will Apple do better?

Staking crypto (Jay Radhakrishnan/Getty Images)

Finance

Genesis Owes Over $3.5B to Top 50 Creditors

Genesis has over 100,000 creditors among the three of its companies that declared bankruptcy.

Genesis has unloaded its entire stake in GBTC (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

SSV DAO Starts $50M Fund to Push Ethereum's Decentralization Plan

The ecosystem fund follows SSV's $10 million grant pool announcement last year to help teams develop staking projects on Ethereum.

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Markets

OKX Publishes Proof-of-Reserves Report Showing $7.5B in ‘Clean Assets’

The report shows reserves are largely spread among bitcoin, ether and USDT.

OKX's proof-of-reserves report shows the exchange has $7.5 billion worth of "clean assets." (Shutterstock)

Markets

First Mover Asia: FTX’s Illiquid Holdings Filled With Tokens That Sit in Venture Funds in Which It Invested; Bitcoin Falls Below $21K

A good portion of FTX's illiquid tokens can be found on the balance sheet of funds, including Sino Global and Multicoin Capital. FTX invested in these funds, and their names often appear alongside FTX as co-investors in projects.

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Markets

SHIB Surges 20%, DOGE up 5% as Traders Continue to Ape Into Meme Coins

Nansen data shows heavy DEX trading on SHIB tokens.

Perro shiba inu. (Getty Images)

Markets

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Hangs Tough Over $21K for Another Day

ALSO: Sam Reynolds writes about the unlikely rally of metaverse majors, including Axie Infinity and Decentraland, even as they struggle to keep users engaged.

Stumble on a tight rope.

Markets

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Tops $21.3K as Cryptos' 2023 Feel-Good Story Continues

ALSO: Sam Reynolds writes that the surge of FTX’s FTT Token is part of a trend in which investors send prices of certain tokens higher even as their projects fail or flounder.

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Markets

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Surges on Inflation Tailwinds, Hovers Near $21K

ALSO: Sam Reynolds writes that Ark Invest's Cathie Wood is correct in thinking that, despite market uncertainty, disruptive innovation technologies that address issues have gained traction.

Bitcoin soared in early weekend trading. (Shutterstock)