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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Technologies

Ethereum bumps blob capacity as it gears for Fusaka upgrade

Ethereum increased its data capacity per block, raising the blob target to 14 and the maximum blob limit to 21.

Ethereum's new "blob market" is taking on a life of its own. (Wikipedia/PhotoMosh)

Marchés

Crypto credit is starting to look like cash savings accounts: Asia Morning Briefing

Flowdesk says record demand met even deeper liquidity, suppressing volatility across staking, stablecoin lending, making crypto credit markets look more like traditional cash plumbing.

Crypto custodians are increasingly mindful of how stored tokens should be used in governing DeFi protocols. (Credit: NYPL)

Marchés

Crypto traders can now take leveraged bets on silver via Binance Futures

Binance Futures will launch silver perpetual contracts on Wednesday, offering up to 50x leverage on silver priced in U.S. dollars per troy ounce.

Blocks of silver (Scottsdale Mint)

Marchés

Bitcoin and the Japanese yen are moving together like never before

The 90-day correlation between bitcoin and JPY has risen to a record high of over 0.85.

(Manfred Richter/Pixabay)

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Marchés

Bitcoin miners chase AI demand as Nvidia says Rubin is already in production

Miners that look like infrastructure companies may win, while those that rely on pure mining margins face a tougher 2026.

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Marchés

Asia Morning Briefing: Bitcoin holds steady above $90K as fresh money returns to crypto

New-year allocations support bitcoin prices as leverage cools and volatility expectations rise.

Bitcoin (TheDigitalArtist/Pixabay, modified by CoinDesk)

Marchés

Ethereum’s staking queues have cleared and that changes the ETH trade

With queues cleared and staking yields near 3%, the “supply shock” narrative is fading even as Ethereum remains the largest DeFi base layer.

Ethereum Logo

Marchés

U.S. national debt reaches new high of $38.5 trillion

High debt levels and potential fiscal dominance could lead to lower interest rates, benefiting assets like bitcoin and gold.

Scattered pile of $1 bills (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay, modified by CoinDesk)

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Marchés

Infinex revises fundraising structure, replaces $5 million raise plan with fair allocation model

The exchange changed its token sale after raising $600,000 in three days, dropping a $5 million target and $2,500 wallet cap in favor of a fair allocation model.

Digitally altered photo of a dollar bill (Ryan Quintal/Unsplash, Modified by CoinDesk)

Marchés

Here’s why bitcoin and major tokens are seeing a strong start to 2026

Bitcoin and the broader crypto market have started 2026 with strong gains, driven by new-year allocations and a haven bid amid geopolitical tensions.

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