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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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Is Stuck Between Silvergate and China

The largest crypto by market value hovers above $22.4K as investors mull Silvergate's troubles and anticipate likely encouraging economic data from China. ALSO: CoinDesk columnist David Z. Morris considered the gathering of Etherians at ETHDenver, all working together to build.

Shanghái, China. (Edward He/Unsplash)

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Bitcoin y ether caen más de 5% en una venta masiva mientras el mercado acepta los problemas de Silvergate

Bitcoin bajó hasta US$22.277 y ether alcanzó los US$1563 mientras las criptomonedas se tambaleaban durante las primeras horas del día bursátil de Asia Oriental.

Amanecer en el Puerto de Victoria de Hong Kong, China. (Unsplash)

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Bitcoin, Ether Drop Over 5% in Massive Sell-Off as Market Continues to Digest Silvergate

Bitcoin plunged to $22,277 and ether hit $1,563 as crypto tumbled during the opening hours of East Asia's trading day.

Hong Kong (Unsplash)

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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Continues to Look East for Strength

ALSO: CoinDesk columnist Glenn Williams Jr. writes that on-chain indicators show that 70% of Bitcoin addresses are profitable

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Binance's Custody Arm Ceffu Will Apply for Singapore License: Report

Binance rebranded its custody arm to Ceffu earlier this month.

Merlion Park in Singapore (Pixabay)

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Voyager Digital's Reward Program Lost $58M in 2022: Court Filing

Rewards program included high-yield interest accounts, a refer-a-friend scheme and a mechanism to share in the spread of trades should they execute at a lower asking price.

Right after Voyager CEO Stephen Ehrlich received a letter this week from U.S. regulators accusing his company of misleading customers, the FDIC issued a broader warning to banks to not let it happen again. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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Institutions in Asia Aren’t Interested in Liquid Staking: Hex Trust

Liquid staking has become the second biggest DeFi vertical, but Asia-based institutions are not impressed.

(DALL-E/CoinDesk)

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First Mover Asia: NFTs Have a ‘Digital First Sale’ Problem

ALSO: Short interest is rising on China tokens while bitcoin treads water just above $23,000.

(Pixabay modified by CoinDesk)

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Non-Custodial Liquid Staking Platform Ether.Fi Closes $5.3M Fundraise

The round was co-led by North Island Ventures, Chapter One and Node Capital and included participation from BitMex founder Arthur Hayes.

(Midjourney/CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin Core Developer Luke Dashjr Calls Out Unauthorized Ordinal NFT With His Name

The auction for the ordinal was being hosted at Scarce.City, a new ordinal marketplace.

Ordinals is exploding on Bitcoin (DALL-E/CoinDesk)