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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Dubai bans privacy token use on exchanges, tightens stablecoin rules in crypto reset

Dubai's financial regulator said privacy-focused assets are incompatible with global compliance norms as it moves to a firm-led token suitability model and sharper stablecoin classifications.

Dubai UAE (Pexels, Pixabay)

Markets

India tightens crypto rules to fight money laundering and terror funding

India's financial intelligence agency has announced stricter identity verification measures for cryptocurrency exchanges to prevent money laundering and terror financing.

Indian flag (Naveed Ahmed/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin rises 1%, Nasdaq futures and dollar drop as Trump-Powell feud escalates

Bitcoin's price movement diverged from the Nasdaq futures, which fell nearly 0.8%.

Bitcoin (TheDigitalArtist/Pixabay, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Privacy tokens rally as XMR breaks all-time high

XMR, ZEC, SOL and other alts are rallying as BTC remains rangebound

(CoinDesk)

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Prediction markets downplay Powell exit risk despite DOJ probe: Asia Morning Briefing

Traders on Polymarket and Kalshi are shrugging off the idea that a criminal investigation into the chair of the Federal Reserve would have him removed from his role early.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell taking questions during the October 2025 FOMC press conference.

Markets

A ruble stablecoin outpaced market leaders last year despite international sanctions

A7A5, a ruble-linked stablecoin few outside Russia had heard of a year ago grew the most of any stablecoin, outpacing both USDT and USDC over the past 12 months.

The Russian flag waves against an almost cloudless sky. (CoinDesk archives)

Markets

Bitcoin holds near $91,000 as market awaits Trump tariff ruling: Asia Morning Briefing

Prediction markets see low odds of a clear Supreme Court ruling on tariffs, a setup that has previously triggered short-term volatility in bitcoin, which then stabilized.

Donald Trump (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

October's crypto crash left market makers stuffed with coins, slowing trading: BitMEX

BitMEX's annual report details the impact of the Oct crash on market liquidity, basis trades and other key issues.

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Solana Accelerate to open Consensus Hong Kong in February

CoinDesk and the Solana Foundation said the developer event will kick off Consensus Hong Kong on Feb. 11, setting the tone for a week focused on builders, capital, and policymakers.

Consensus Hong Kong

Markets

Bitcoin drops below $90,000 after early January pop as BTC ETFs see $480 million outflows

The crypto market's movements are influenced by expectations of Federal Reserve rate cuts and a rally in global government bonds.

Hands rest on the keyboard of a laptop showing trading graphs, data. (Kanchanara / Unsplash modified by CoinDesk)