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

Zignaly Announces Cosmos-Based ZIGChain, $100M Ecosystem Fund

ZIGChain's ecosystem fund is backed by DWF Labs.

Zignaly co-founders A.Rafay Gadit, David Rodriguez and Bartolome R. Bordallo (Zignaly)

Markets

Ether Prices in Downtrend as Bitcoin Challenges $64K

Some other catalyst needs to happen before bullish sentiment returns, says one trader.

The Ether Trend Indicator. (CoinDesk Indices)

Markets

Bitcoin Dips Below $62.5K as CoinDesk's BTC Trend Indicator Turns Neutral

CoinDesk Indices' Bitcoin Trend Indicator has been indicating a strong uptrend since last fall.

(CoinDesk Indices)

Markets

Free Money? Polymarket Bet Pays 8.7% if China Doesn't Invade Taiwan

Betting against an invasion on the prediction market may yield almost 7x as much as Taiwan government bonds. Plus: Mideast turmoil barely changes U.S. presidential odds.

Taiwanese currency (Photo: sharyn morrow).

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Policy

BTC, ETH Rise as Hong Kong Bitcoin ETF Applicants Say They've Been Approved

The Securities and Futures Commission, Hong Kong's markets regulator, has not made an official announcement.

(Ruslan Bardash/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Back in Green as Crypto Market Awaits Hong Kong Spot ETF Decision

The market has shaken off concerns of escalations between Iran and Israel as the U.S. appears to have talked Israel out of a counter-attack.

(CoinDesk Indices)

Markets

Bitcoin Stable Near $71K as GBTC Outflows Pick Back Up

The Thursday total ETF flow was negative, with GBTC leading the pack

(CoinDesk Indicies)


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Markets

Bitcoin is Pricing in Two Fed Rate Cuts for 2024, Trader Says

Quantitive trading firm Pythagoras sees risk assets pricing in two, not three Fed rate cuts for 2024 as bitcoin holds steady in Asia.

(CoinDesk Indicies)

Tech

MarginFi Leader Resigns on Fiery Day for Major Solana Lender

"The main problem was our lack of organizational execution," MarginFi's longtime leader Edgar Pavlovsky told CoinDesk.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)