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

SOL Drops 5% as FTX Estate Transfers Tokens to Binance, Kraken

The $30 million transfer takes the total SOL moved to exchanges to $102 million, the most out of any liquid asset, while the token's price is near the highest in a year.

Then-CEO of FTX Sam Bankman-Fried and CEO of Solana Labs Anatoly Yakovenko (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

The Simpsons Take a Dig at NFTs, Crypto in 'Treehouse of Horror' Episode

"Remember how we were always saying we wish Bart was less fungible," Homer asks Marge after he puts his son on-chain.

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Policy

Hong Kong Now Considering Spot Crypto ETFs for Retail Investors: Bloomberg

The move comes a month after authorities in the City updated financial regulations to allow for retail investors to buy spot crypto ETFs.

Hong Kong (Ruslan Bardash / Unsplash)

Policy

SEC Asks Court for Summary Judgement Against Do Kwon, Terraform

The request follows a move by Kwon's defense team to do the same.

SEC Chair Gary Gensler (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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Policy

Crypto at the Center of $300M Fraud Case in China

21 people were sentenced in a case involving converting 'dirty' USDT to RMB.

China renminbi bills (Moerschy/Pixabay)

Markets

Frax Finance Says its Domain Name Hijacking Has Been Resolved

Frax's founder Sam Kazemian says the Frax websites are safe to use, and the domain registrar is investigating what happened.

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Markets

Unibot Exploiter Swaps Stolen Crypto for Ether Via Tornado Cash

Unibot confirmed on X that it had suffered a token approval exploit in its new order router.

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Markets

OKX Latest Proof of Reserves Shows Exchange Over-collateralized

The latest proof of reserves shows that the exchange is 103% collateralized with bitcoin, ether, and USDT.

The industry worries proposed new bank crypto rules are unduly cautious. (Peter Dazeley/Getty Images)

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Finance

Thailand’s Kasikorn Bank Buys Majority Stake in Satang Crypto Exchange for $103M

The move continues a trend of Thailand's major traditional financial institutions moving into crypto.

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Markets

South Korean Investors Prefer Altcoins to Majors, Tron to Ethereum: DeSpread Research

Koreans trade differently to the rest of the world, market data shows.

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