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

Bitcoin Trades Near Key Price Safety Net That Strategy Already Breached

The safety net is the 100-week average, which has stalled the downtrend.

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Markets

Crypto exchange HashKey's shares fall 5% on trading debut in Hong Kong

Investors questioned whether Hong Kong’s dominant licensed exchange can turn surging volumes and regulatory advantage into sustainable profits.

CoinDesk

Markets

Hyperliquid’s $200 billion pitch: Is this next Solana-scale DeFi bet?: Asia Morning Briefing

Cantor says Hyperliquid is trading infrastructure, not speculative DeFi, with HYPD and PURR offering exposure to fees, buybacks, and CEX share gains.

Howard Lutnick, Cantor Fitzgerald's chairman and CEO

Finance

Most Influential: Oleg Ogienko

Sanctions, capital controls and Russia’s improvised financial plumbing helped create A7A5, a ruble stablecoin built on a currency rarely used in global commerce, allowing it to appear legally at major events even as its presence leaves compliance teams panicked.

Oleg Ogienko

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Finance

Hong Kong's RedotPay raises nearly $110 million Series B to push global stablecoin payments

The Hong Kong-based fintech says demand for stablecoin-powered cards and cross-border payouts is accelerating as it scales payments beyond crypto trading.

Hong Kong's skyline (Chris Lam/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin slump deepens as most of top 100 tokens fall below key trading signals

Crypto's bear grip squeezes tighter as 75 of top 100 coins trade below 50- and 200-day SMAs.

Trading screen with price monitors and charts (Yashowardhan Singh/Unsplash)

Markets

StraitsX to debut Singapore and U.S. dollar stablecoins on Solana for quick currency exchange

The debut will enable instant swaps between SGD and USD on Solana, facilitating digital forex trading.

Singapore skyline (Mike Enerio/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

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Tech

New React bug that can drain all your tokens is impacting 'thousands of' websites

Attackers are using the vulnerability to deploy malware and crypto-mining software, compromising server resources and potentially intercepting wallet interactions on crypto platforms.

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Markets

Cathie Wood's Ark goes on massive $59 million stock buying spree amid crypto carnage

Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest added to Coinbase, Bullish, Circle, and crypto miners during a continued drawdown that pushed listed crypto equities deeper into the red.

Ark Invest's Cathie Wood (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)