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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South Korea’s Crypto Ecosystem Shakes Off Terra Debacle, With Gaming Dominating Web3 Activity

Korean banks are gradually dipping their toes in the market, and gaming firms are trying to capitalize in the crypto-frenzied market.

South Korea flag (Daniel Bernard/ Unsplash)

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Three Arrows Founders Hit With 9-Year Trading Ban in Singapore

MAS has banned the Three Arrows Capital founders from managing, directing, or being a shareholder of any registered capital markets services firm in Singapore.

Kyle Davies (left) and Su Zhu (middle). (Kyle Davies/X)

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Crypto Market Shows Signs of Stability Ahead of U.S. CPI

While some economists predict a jump in U.S. CPI compared to July, Factset research shows inflation is becoming less of a concern for large companies.

(CoinDesk Indicies)

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BitMEX's Prediction Market Is Now Live

Current prediction market contracts revolve around FTX bankruptcy claim recoveries, the future of bitcoin ETFs, and Sam Bankman-Fried’s jail sentence.

Prediction markets generate more accurate forecasts than other methods. (Bettmann/Getty Images)

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Craig Wright's Financial Disclosure Form in $143M Court Case Was Incomplete, Court Rules

But a judge declined a request to criminally sanction him.

Craig Wright

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One Year After Trudeau's Bitcoin Warning, BTC Still Beat Inflation and S&P 500

Despite bitcoin’s tumultuous year, the world’s largest digital asset proved to be a reliable hedge against inflation. And a number of Liberal MPs own it.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a 2017 Pride Parade (Joy Real/Unsplash)

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Binance Says SEC’s Request for Depositions Is ‘Overbroad’ and 'Unduly Burdensome'

Binance says the SEC has no evidence to support its allegations that imply investor assets have been wrongfully diverted

Two large stacked blocks displaying Binance's logo at a trade show.

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Maple Finance Nearly Imploded, but Sid Powell Wants to Bring Back Its Billion Dollar-Plus Glory

Last year’s crypto crash wiped out Maple Finance’s TVL as borrowers crumbled and lenders fled. In an interview with CoinDesk, the protocol’s co-founder and CEO lays out his plan for growth in an era of heightened risk management.

Maple Finance's Sid Powell (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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The Relationship Between Bitcoin and Interest Rates Is Breaking Down: Arthur Hayes

The steepest Fed rate hike cycle in decades should have killed bitcoin and other risk assets, but a new relationship between the two are forming, Hayes argued in a Tuesday keynote at the ongoing Korea Blockchain Week.

Arthur Hayes at Korea Blockchain Week 2023. (Factblock)

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SEC’s Grayscale Court Rout Puts Agency in Will-They, Won’t-They Role Starring Gensler

A strong court win for the crypto spot-market ETF fight isn’t the end of the battle, because the next move belongs to the SEC, though it’s now significantly weakened.

The Securities and Exchange Commission, run by Chair Gary Gensler, is under court order to rethink Grayscale's bitcoin ETF. (Photo illustration by Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk, with Getty image)