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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Finanzen

Developers Excluded From Broker Label in New DCCPA Bill Draft

Stakeholders say that this latest draft of the bill tempers language that would be detrimental to DeFi.

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Finanzen

Aptos Token Plunges in Trading Debut

FTX, Coinbase and Binance were among the first exchanges to list the buzzy new layer 1 token.

An Aptos-branded hat. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Märkte

First Mover Asia: Todos los ojos puestos en Aptos; Las criptomonedas cotizan a la baja incluso cuando las acciones suben

Aptos se lanza en un momento en el que las únicas preocupaciones sobre el precio del GAS tienen que ver con el petróleo, no con la metáfora virtual; Bitcoin se mantuvo cómodamente por encima de su reciente soporte de 19.000 dólares.

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Märkte

First Mover Asia: All Eyes on Aptos; Cryptos Trade Down Even as Stocks Rise

Aptos is launching at a time when the only concerns about the price of gas involve petroleum, not the virtual metaphor; bitcoin held comfortably above its recent $19,000 support.

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Märkte

First Mover Asia: tutti gli occhi puntati su Aptos; Le criptovalute crollano anche se le azioni salgono

Aptos si lancia in un momento in cui le uniche preoccupazioni sul prezzo del GAS riguardano il petrolio, non la metafora virtuale; Bitcoin si è mantenuto comodamente al di sopra del suo recente supporto di $ 19.000.

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Märkte

DappRadar Says Decentraland has 650 Daily Active Users

DappRadar now tracks 3,553 Decentraland smart contracts across Ethereum and Polygon.

Inside metaverse platform Decentraland. (decentraland.org)

Technologie

FTX-, A16z-Backed Aptos Blockchain Is Off to a Sluggish Start

Transaction speeds and tokenomics disappoint on the first day of transactions for the ‘Solana killer’ chain run by ex-Meta employees. Can this protocol gain the trust of investors?

Aptos Labs CEO Mo Shaikh (Tracy Wang/CoinDesk)

Märkte

First Mover Asia: Macau’s Digital Currency Embrace Could Be a Nightmare for Its Casino Industry; Bitcoin Points Upward

The Special Administrative Region passed a bill that would create a legal framework for accepting digital currency, but would also allow China to monitor Chinese nationals visiting Macau; the largest cryptocurrency by market cap is trading above $19.5K.

(Macau Photo Agency/Unsplash)

Märkte

First Mover Asia: A Pan-Asian Digital Currency? Good Luck Getting Rivals to Cooperate; Cryptos Hold Steady in Weekend Trading

Chinese researchers say such an initiative would increase monetary cooperation and reduce dependency on the U.S. dollar, but that probably isn’t what different countries want.

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Märkte

Asia, el primer motor: ¿una moneda digital panasiática? Buena suerte para que los rivales cooperen; Las criptomonedas se mantienen estables en las operaciones de fin de semana

Los investigadores chinos dicen que una iniciativa de este tipo aumentaría la cooperación monetaria y reduciría la dependencia del dólar estadounidense, pero probablemente eso no sea lo que los diferentes países quieren.

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