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

Shiba Inu’s Puppynet Testnet Logs 10M Transactions, Putting Ecosystem Tokens in Focus

Ecosystem tokens shiba inu, leash and bone will be used to transact on the upcoming Ethereum-based blockchain.

(Getty Images)

Finance

FTX CEO's Legal Billings Continue to Hint at '2.0 Reboot'

John Ray III billed just over 6.5 hours in his last cycle reviewing and working on what appears to be FTX 2.0 materials.

(Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Markets

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Holds Steady Near $27K as Investors Weigh Debt Ceiling Developments

ALSO: CoinDesk's former head of research writes that despite government efforts in such large, emerging countries as Pakistan and Nigeria to curb crypto activity, citizens there seem to be turning to digital assets as a hedge.

Bitcoin Price (CoinDesk Indexes)

Finance

Gemini Says Genesis Parent DCG Missed $630 Million Payment

Gemini says it is working with Genesis, DCG, and creditors to provide forbearance to DCG in order to avoid a default.

(Genesis Trading, modificado por CoinDesk)

Markets

Tornado Cash’s TORN Token Up 10% as Attacker Submits Proposal to Undo Attack

The proposal would revert Tornado Cash’s governance back to token holders, but not everyone in the community agrees that it's a benevolent plan.

A illustrative example of a Tornado. (NOAA)

Markets

First Mover Asia: Will Bitcoin Soon Begin a Retest of 30K?

ALSO: Crypto companies and trade organization are spending a fraction of the amount that other industries are allocating for lobbying. That may change.

(Steven Cordes/Unsplash)

Finance

Ripple Appoints Market Research Firm Nielsen's CFO Jenson to Board

Jenson has held leadership positions at Amazon, Delta Airlines, NBC, Electronic Arts, and Nielsen.

Warren Jenson (provided)

Markets

First Mover Asia: Traders Long on Bitcoin Despite Debt Ceiling Challenges, Dark U.S. Regulatory Clouds

PLUS: Meme coins don't respect the intellectual property rights of others. And that's a problem.

(Dale Kaminski/Getty Images)

Finance

Binance Australia Halts Australian Dollar Bank Transfers

Exchange blames third-party payment providers, and says that credit as well as debit cards can still be used.

Sydney, Australia (Photo by Johnny Bhalla/Unsplash)

Markets

First Mover Asia: Biden’s Tough Talk, Tether’s Bitcoin Bet Not Moving Crypto

PLUS: We really need to see the Hinman emails.

U.S. President Joe Biden (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)