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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Policy

Donald Trump Vows to 'Never Allow' Central Bank Digital Currencies if Elected

Former President Donald Trump joins Ron DeSantis as a critic of CBDCs.

Donald Trump Trading Card NFTs (OpenSea)

Markets

Fidelity's Jurrien Timmer Says Bitcoin to Consolidate Recent Gains Amid ETF Hangover

Some have forecasted sharp declines in bitcoin's price as traders 'sell the news' post-ETF approval, but Fidelity's Director of Global Macro disagrees.

Fidelity Investments sign (Jonathan Weiss/Shutterstock)

Web3

Magic Leap Execs Believe Metaverse Needs to Focus on Real-World: Report

The Mixed Reality company has raised nearly $4 billion, as metaverse tokens post short term gains

Magic leap headset (Magic Leap)

Markets

TUSD Loses $1 Peg Amid Binance's FDUSD Focus: Analyst

Binance introduced zero-fee FDUSD trading in December, giving users an incentive to sell.

Scattered pile of $1 bills (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay)

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Finance

Binance Thailand Crypto Exchange Open for Trading

The crypto exchange is a joint venture between Binance and Thailand's Gulf Innova.

(Pixabay)

Policy

Vivek Ramaswamy, Crypto-Friendly U.S. Presidential Candidate, Suspends Campaign

The former biotech executive was the only Republican contender to have a crypto plan.

Vivek Ramaswamy co-founded Strive Asset Management (Frederick Munawa)

Finance

Hong Kong Crypto Exchange HashKey Becomes Crypto Unicorn After $100M Raise

Operator of licensed Hong Kong exchange says raise will promote compliant, innovative global growth.

Dr Xiao Feng, Chairman & CEO of HashKey Group. (HashKey)

Markets

Circle Highlights Surge in USDC Use for Asia Remittances in New Report

Since its introduction in 2018, the USDC stablecoin has been used to settle over $12 trillion in blockchain transactions, the company has said.

Jeremy Allaire, CEO of Circle (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Finance

Bitcoin Miner Outflows Hit Six-Year Highs Ahead of Halving, Sparking Mixed Signals

CryptoQuant data shows that miners are moving bitcoin to exchanges, likely because of a need to build more liquidity in anticipation of higher capital expenditures.

ASIC Miners (Sandali Handagama/CoinDesk)

Policy

South Korean Financial Regulator Says U.S. Bitcoin ETFs May Violate Local Law

Further review and consideration regarding crypto ETFs is planned, the regulator says.

(Daniel Bernard/ Unsplash)