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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Finance

Celsius si collega a Maple Finanza per il gioco di liquidità

La piattaforma di prestito Cripto Celsius otterrà esposizione al rendimento dei market maker Wintermute e Amber delegando 30 milioni di dollari di wETH ai pool di Maple.

Sid Powell, CEO of Maple Finance (Maple Finance)

Finance

Celsius співпрацює з Maple Фінанси для ліквідності

Платформа Крипто Celsius отримає доступ до прибутку від маркет-мейкерів Wintermute і Amber, делегувавши 30 мільйонів доларів США wETH у пули Maple.

Sid Powell, CEO of Maple Finance (Maple Finance)

Finance

Nauugnay ang Celsius Sa Maple Finance para sa Liquidity Play

Ang Crypto lending platform Celsius ay makakakuha ng exposure sa yield mula sa mga market makers na Wintermute at Amber sa pamamagitan ng pag-delegate ng $30 milyon ng wETH sa mga pool ng Maple.

Sid Powell, CEO of Maple Finance (Maple Finance)

Finance

Celsius Links Up With Maple Finance for Liquidity Play

Crypto lending platform Celsius will get exposure to yield from market makers Wintermute and Amber by delegating $30 million of wETH to Maple’s pools.

Sid Powell, CEO of Maple Finance (Maple Finance)

Markets

Bitcoin Crashes 9% as Missiles Strike Kyiv, Airport Captured

The world's largest cryptocurrency by market value was trading about $34,725 at time of writing after passing $39,000 on Tuesday. Markets in Asia are also down during trading day as the scale of war expands.

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Markets

First Mover Asia: China CBDC Is No Government Version of Bitcoin; Terra's Luna, Other Altcoins Jump

The eCNY and other CBDCs are digital versions of cash issued by a central bank, unlike bitcoin which has no single issuing authority; bitcoin surpassed $39,000 on Tuesday before dropping into the red.

People's Bank of China (Emmanuel Wong/Getty Images)

Finance

StarkWare Launches Layer 2 Product StarkNet on Ethereum

StarkNet uses zero knowledge rollups to squash Ethereum’s crushing transaction costs.

Staff of StarkWare in 2022 (Natalie Schor)

Finance

Fast Break Labs Raises $$6M in Seed Funding Round

The Web 3 startup founded by two ex-Meta Platforms employees is developing a blockchain-based fantasy basketball game.

(Fast Break Labs)

Markets

First Mover Asia: GameFi's Shaky Prospects; Bitcoin, Ether Inch Higher

Strict regulations on gaming in China and South Korea, among other countries, are likely to reduce the market for GameFi in the Asia-region; bitcoin, ether and most major altcoins rose slightly during U.S. trading hours.

(Carol Yepes/Getty Images Plus)

Layer 2

'Frozen' Bitcoin Tied to Canadian Protests Lands at Coinbase, Crypto.Com

The situation shows the limitations of a government’s ability to thwart transactions on decentralized systems – but also the limitations of those systems to circumvent such sanctions.

Truckers in Central Alberta on their way to the Legislature Building in Edmonton (Naomi Mckinney/Unsplash)