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: Ether Tumbles Below $1.5K; Ethereum Merge May Ding Demand for Chips, but Semiconductor Stocks Could Still Be a Good Buy

Chip manufacturing giants Nvidia and AMD have struggled this year, and the Merge could lessen demand for chips. But analysts see opportunities for investors in the semiconductor space.

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Tech

Ether Price Trades Flat After Successful Ethereum Merge

Ethereum’s transition from proof-of-work to a proof-of-stake system was successfully completed just after 2:30 a.m. ET, or 5:30 a.m. GMT at block 15537391.

Activist investor reported to have been pushing Riot to move into HPC. (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

La dificultad de minado de bitcoin alcanza un máximo histórico

El aumento en la dificultad de la minería se produce cuando el hashrate se mantiene fuerte, a pesar de que el precio de bitcoin está bajando.

La dificultad de minado de bitcoin alcanza su pico máximo. (Sam Ewen/CoinDesk)

Finance

Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Edges to All-Time High

The bump in mining difficulty comes as hashrate remains strong, despite bitcoin’s price edging downward.

(Midjourney/CoinDesk)

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Finance

Everybody's Throwing a Watch Party for the Ethereum Merge. Here's Where to Go

Burn the night away, and the last blocks of proof-of-work ether, with these watch parties.

Check out these watch parties if you want to see the Ethereum Merge. (Roman Samborskyi/Shutterstock)

Markets

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Struggles Following Inflation Report; California Crypto Bill Is an Overstep, Say Legal Experts

The bill would prohibit California-licensed entities from dealing with stablecoins unless that stablecoin is fully-backed by securities and issued by a bank or licensed by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation.

Cryptos plummeted Tuesday. (Jay Radhakrishnan/Getty Images)

Markets

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Has Not Bottomed Out, Data Suggests; Ether and Other Altcoins Fall in Monday Trading

A recent report from South Korea-based CryptoQuant outlines a number of price valuation metrics that show bitcoin sinking to as low as $14,500 to $10,000.

Bitcoin's price may not have bottomed out. (Sebastian Condrea/Getty Images)

Markets

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Holds Steady Above $21K; DeFi Platform Forward’s $5M Funding Round Highlights Crypto’s Growth in Thailand, but Regulation Lags

Two of Thailand’s largest banks participated in the round, but the country also faces a major obstacle keeping its best tech talent.

Bangkok (Getty Images)

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Finance

Cash From 2021 DAO Maker Crypto Hack Being Mixed Through Tornado Cash

$500,000 worth of the dai stablecoin, stolen last year, is being sent through the notorious mixer.

(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

Markets

First Mover Asia: Crypto Legislation, Enforcement Highlight a Busy Fall for Financial Regulators; Bitcoin Holds Steady Over $19K

South Korea, Thailand and Singapore will be addressing legal action, legislation and other issues in the coming months.

Singapore Skyline (Swapnil Bapat/Unsplash)