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

Asia Morning Briefing: BTC Steadies Around 90k With Liquidity Drained and a Fed Cut Fully Priced In

QCP notes participation has collapsed while Polymarket sees a shallow easing path, putting the focus on guidance and cross central bank signals.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell

Policy

Canadian Province Wins Forfeiture of $1M QuadrigaCX Co-Founder's Cash, Gold via Default Judgment

The ruling transfers cash, gold bars, watches, and jewelry seized from a CIBC safety deposit box and bank account into government hands after Patryn did not defend the case.

Interior of the British Columbia court building in Vancouver, B.C (Wpcpey/Wikimedia Commons)

Markets

Coinbase Reopens India Signups, Targets Fiat On-Ramp in 2026 After Two-Year Freeze

Coinbase halted services entirely in 2023, off-boarded millions of Indian users and shuttered local access while reassessing regulatory exposure.

Coinbase (appshunter.io/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

ETH, ADA, XRP Lead Gains as Bitcoin Edges Higher on Fed Rate Cut Expectations

Asian equities opened the week slightly higher ahead of a heavy run of central bank decisions, including a Federal Reserve meeting where markets have largely priced in a 25-basis-point rate cut.

Bull, matador (Credit: Paul Kenny McGrath/Unsplash)

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Policy

Binance Wins Full ADGM Approval for Exchange, Clearing, and Brokerage Operations

Abu Dhabi’s Financial Services Regulatory Authority has granted licenses to three Binance entities covering exchange, clearing, and brokerage functions.

Richard Teng, CEO, Binance. (CoinDesk/Personae Digital)

Finance

Kraken Launches High-Touch VIP Program for Ultra High Net Worth Clients

Kraken VIP members are paired with a specialist relationship manager, backed by 24/7 support and early insight into Kraken’s full product ecosystem.

Kraken on phone (PiggyBank/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Asia Morning Briefing: Crypto’s Next Breakout Will Come From Infrastructure, Not Narratives, Hashed Says

The Korean venture firm’s 2026 thesis argues that stablecoins, AI agents, and on-chain credit markets are becoming the foundation of a real digital economy, with Asia emerging as the first region where enterprise adoption is taking shape.

Simon Kim (Hashed)

Markets

CZ Teases New BNB Chain Native Prediction Market Predict.Fun

Predict.fun aims to fix prediction markets’ biggest inefficiency, user funds sitting idle for weeks or months without earning yield, while tapping the large userbase of BNB Chain.

Binance co-founder Changpeng "CZ" Zhao

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Markets

Asia Morning Briefing: Polymarket Bettors Still Expect Big Strategy Buys Even as Saylor Prepares for a Weak Market

CryptoQuant’s latest report shows the company preparing for weaker conditions with smaller buys and a growing USD buffer, yet traders continue to price in a playbook built on reflexive accumulation.

Strategy Executive Chaiman Michael Saylor (Gage Skidmore / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

Taiwan Authorities Say Island's First Regulated Stablecoin Will Debut Next Year

Regulators have not decided whether the token will be tied to the Taiwan dollar or the U.S. dollar, a choice that will determine how deeply it tests the island’s currency controls.

(Vas/Unsplash)