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

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Rebounds to $30.1K After Retreating to June Low

PLUS: A day in the life of Binance’s head of law enforcement training – petty crooks, fake subpoenas, and dodging politically sensitive requests.

Bitcoin daily chart. (CoinDesk Indices)

Tech

A New Uniswap Feature Aims to Eliminate DeFi Pain Points

UniswapX claims to offer better prices by aggregating liquidity sources, with gas-free swaps and protection against "maximal extractable value" or MEV.

Floatie in the form of a unicorn, the emblematic mythical creature featured in Uniswap's logo and marketing materials. (Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Hovers Near $30.3K After Expected Correction. Retail Investor Enthusiasm 'Likely to Increase': Analyst

The rising flows into Toronto-based Purpose’s spot bitcoin ETF, which received approval by Canadian regulators in 2021, reflect strong appetite among retail investors for these types of products and are a promising sign for U.S. companies who have recently filed spot BTC applications with the SEC.

Bitcoin daily price chart. (CoinDesk Indices)

Markets

XRP Short Traders Log Highest Losses in 2023 After Landmark Court Ruling

XRP token market capitalization has jumped to over $40 billion, its largest level since April 2022.

XRP took off while other cryptos flatlined. (SpaceX/Unsplash)

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Markets

Ether Pushes Past $2K as Ripple's Partial Win Against SEC Invigorates Market

Several layer-1 tokens soared after the Ripple ruling ignited hopes of a favorable ruling in other SEC cases against crypto firms.

Ether Prices (CoinDesk)

Tech

BNB Chain to Tackle Blockchain Exploit Risks in Major July Hard Fork

The upgrade will push security measures immediately on the occasion of a blockchain exploit to safeguard user assets.

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Policy

FTX Bankruptcy Lawyers Ask Court for $323M Recovery From FTX Europe Leadership

Sam Bankman-Fried and the FTX Group had paid a total amount of approximately $323.5 million in return for the acquisition of Swiss Company DAAG which would ultimately come to be known as FTX Europe.

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried leaves federal court in New York after his arraignment and bail hearings on Dec. 22. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Web3

Dapper Labs Lays Off 51 as NFT Market Stays Chilly

The newest cuts are the third round for the company in the past year.

Dapper Labs CEO Roham Gharegozlou (Vivien Killilea/Getty Images)

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Policy

Celsius Sues StakeHound for Failing to Return $150M Worth of Tokens

StakeHound has 55,000 ether, 50 million MATIC, and 66,000 DOT that Celsius wants back.

Alex Mashinsky (CoinDesk)

Markets

Cathie Wood's ARK Sells $12M Coinbase Shares as COIN Nears Yearly High

ARK currently owns 11.03 million shares of Coinbase.

Cathie Wood, chief executive officer and chief investment officer, Ark Invest (Marco Bello/Getty Images)