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

First Mover Asia: Crypto's Rotating Profits

PLUS: Bitcoin is clearing through the unconfirmed transaction pile, but it's still at record highs

Crypto traders are rotating their positions. (Caleb Woods/Unsplash)

Finance

BlockFi Creditors Say Crypto Lender Was a Victim of Bad Management

The creditors committee said in a court filing that BlockFi was pressing a “false case narrative” by portraying itself as a victim, and more blame should be placed on its management.

BlockFi CEO Zac Prince at Consensus 2019 (CoinDesk)

Learn

BRC-20 Explained: How Tokens on Bitcoin Work and Why They Are Controversial

The idea of putting tokens on the Bitcoin blockchain isn’t anything new, but previous efforts haven’t exploded in popularity like BRC-20.

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Finance

Quadriga CX Bankruptcy Claimants to Get 13% on the Dollar

The interim distribution to users will account for 87% of the funds the collapsed exchange’s Trustee is currently holding.

Quadriga Fintech Solutions CEO and late founder Gerald William Cotten (Quadriga CX)

Finance

Bakkt Mass Delists Tokens Including Aave, Avalanche, Compound, Filecoin, MakerDAO and Uniswap

Intercontinental Exchange-owned Bakkt discontinued its consumer-facing app in February as it shifts away from retail

Bakkt Holdings, Inc. leadership outside the New York Stock Exchange following a successful merger with VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings to take the firm public. (NYSE)

Finance

Binance.US Explores Ways to Decrease CZ's Dominant Share: The Information

Since the summer of 2022, Zhao has been attempting to offload at least a portion of his shares in order to make the firm look better in the eyes of U.S. authorities.

Changpeng Zhao ,CEO of Binance, at Consensus Singapore 2018 (CoinDesk)

Markets

First Mover Asia: Expect Bitcoin to Hit $25.2K Soon: Strategist

ALSO: Bitcoin needs a compelling narrative to break from its current range, but that likely will not occur until next year, says the CEO of Web3 bond-market platform Umee.

Deutsche Bank's survey of retail investors see bitcoin (BTC) price dropping below $20K by year-end (Meg Boulden/Unsplash)

Markets

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Ticks Up as Congestion Wanes and Investors Ponder the Next Price Spur

ALSO: SAM Bankman-Fried's motion to dismiss most charges against him raises questions about the reach of the Commodities Exchange Act.

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Finance

U.S. Authorities Extradite UK Citizen Behind 2020 Twitter Hack, SIM Swap Crypto Theft

Joseph O’Connor, known by his handle PlugWalkJoe, was arrested in Spain in 2021.

(Twitter.com)

Markets

First Mover Asia: Binance Congestion Chaos Weighs Heavy on Bitcoin

ALSO: A crypto market analyst calls bitcoin's travails of the past two days "growing pains," and says the largest crypto by market cap "will be fine in the long run."

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