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

Cathie Wood Buys More Coinbase Shares on the Cheap

The investor's ARK's Fintech Innovation ETF purchased 158,000 shares that have lost almost 90% this year.

Cathie Wood appearing at CoinDesk's Consensus 2021 conference (CoinDesk)

Web3

The Final Word on Decentraland’s Numbers

Counting users in the metaverse is tough. CoinDesk scoured and analyzed multiple data sources to distill an answer.

Un avatar en Decentraland. (Decentraland)

Policy

Exejecutivos de FTX y Alameda se declaran culpables de fraude y llegan a un acuerdo con la SEC y CFTC

Sam Bankman-Fried, de FTX, fue acusado y detenido la semana pasada.

El fundador de FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, vuelve a comparecer ante el tribunal en las Bahamas. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Finance

Caroline Ellison Plea Agreement: $250,000 Bail, Surrender of Travel Documents, Forfeiture of Assets

The plea agreement would waive Ellison of any charges except criminal tax violations, provided she fully cooperates with U.S. Attorney's office.

Caroline Ellison, former CEO of Alameda Research (Twitter/@carolinecapital)

Finance

SEC Calls FTT Exchange Token a Security

The complaint against Alameda's Caroline Ellison and FTX's Gary Wang contains allegations that FTX's exchange token, FTT, constitutes an investment contract.

(Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Markets

First Mover Asia: Most Cryptos Stay Flat Like a Windless Lake, but a Popsicle Makes Waves.

Plus: Sam Reynolds questions the logic of calls to ban crypto, arguing that it has little chance of causing problems in traditional finance.

DeFi project Popsicle’s ICE token tripled in value. (Sheri Silver/Unsplash)

Finance

Acreedores de Genesis y DCG proponen un plan para resolver los problemas de liquidez

El comité de acreedores espera recibir la respuesta de ambas compañías a finales de esta semana.

Tyler y Cameron Winklevoss, de Gemini, en el evento TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2015. (TechCrunch/Wikimedia)

Finance

Core Scientific to File for Bankruptcy, Continue Mining Through Process: Report

A source told CNBC that bankruptcy proceedings would not impact operations.

Core Scientific facility in North Carolina. (Core Scientific)

Finance

Genesis, DCG Creditors Propose Plan to Resolve Liquidity Issues, Gemini Says

The creditor committee expects to hear from Genesis and DCG by the end of the week.

Tyler y Cameron Winklevoss, de Gemini, en el evento TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2015. (TechCrunch/Wikimedia)