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 Struggles Following Inflation Report; California Crypto Bill Is an Overstep, Say Legal Experts

The bill would prohibit California-licensed entities from dealing with stablecoins unless that stablecoin is fully-backed by securities and issued by a bank or licensed by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation.

Cryptos plummeted Tuesday. (Jay Radhakrishnan/Getty Images)

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Pioneiro na Ásia: Bitcoin luta após relatório de inflação; California Cripto Bill é um exagero, dizem especialistas jurídicos

O projeto de lei proibiria entidades licenciadas na Califórnia de negociar com stablecoins, a menos que essa stablecoin fosse totalmente garantida por títulos e emitida por um banco ou licenciada pelo Departamento de Proteção Financeira e Inovação da Califórnia.

Cryptos plummeted Tuesday. (Jay Radhakrishnan/Getty Images)

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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Has Not Bottomed Out, Data Suggests; Ether and Other Altcoins Fall in Monday Trading

A recent report from South Korea-based CryptoQuant outlines a number of price valuation metrics that show bitcoin sinking to as low as $14,500 to $10,000.

Bitcoin's price may not have bottomed out. (Sebastian Condrea/Getty Images)

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Primer movimiento en Asia: Bitcoin no ha tocado fondo, sugieren los datos; Ether y otras Altcoins caen en las operaciones del lunes

Un informe reciente de CryptoQuant, con sede en Corea del Sur, describe una serie de métricas de valoración de precios que muestran que Bitcoin se hunde hasta un mínimo de entre 14.500 y 10.000 dólares.

Bitcoin's price may not have bottomed out. (Sebastian Condrea/Getty Images)

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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Holds Steady Above $21K; DeFi Platform Forward’s $5M Funding Round Highlights Crypto’s Growth in Thailand, but Regulation Lags

Two of Thailand’s largest banks participated in the round, but the country also faces a major obstacle keeping its best tech talent.

Bangkok (Getty Images)

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Cash From 2021 DAO Maker Crypto Hack Being Mixed Through Tornado Cash

$500,000 worth of the dai stablecoin, stolen last year, is being sent through the notorious mixer.

(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

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First Mover Asia: Crypto Legislation, Enforcement Highlight a Busy Fall for Financial Regulators; Bitcoin Holds Steady Over $19K

South Korea, Thailand and Singapore will be addressing legal action, legislation and other issues in the coming months.

Singapore Skyline (Swapnil Bapat/Unsplash)

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First Mover Asia: Binance’s USDC Swap Out Isn’t What You Think It Is; What's Behind Bitcoin's Late Dive?

The exchange is hoping to generate one big pool for USD stablecoins to be used for trading and powered by Binance’s USD stablecoin; bitcoin drops below $19K.

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First Mover Asia: la fusión de Ethereum comienza a afectar los precios de los chips de juegos

Los precios de las unidades de procesamiento de gráficos para computadoras personales están cayendo ante el próximo cambio de la cadena de bloques Ethereum , que ya está reduciendo la demanda de chips de los mineros de Criptomonedas .

GPU prices have taken a toll, and it's hitting Nvidia's bottom line. (FritzchensFritz/Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

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First Mover Asia: Ethereum's Merge Starts to Hit Gaming Chip Prices

Prices for graphics processing units for personal computers are tumbling ahead of the Ethereum blockchain's upcoming shift, which is already reducing demand for chips from cryptocurrency miners.

GPU prices have taken a toll, and it's hitting Nvidia's bottom line. (FritzchensFritz/Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk)