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

Stader Labs Raises $12M in Strategic Sale as It Builds ‘Staking as a Service’ Business

Stader Labs CEO Amitej Gajjala puts the market for staking at $250 billion.

Stader Labs CEO Amitej Gajjala (provided)

Finance

Southeast Asia Gaming Guild Ancient8 Raises $4M Seed Round

The funding round was led by Dragonfly Capital, Pantera Capital and Hashed.

(AxieInfinity.com)

Finance

Crypto.com Capital Expands $200M Fund to $500M

Newly hired GP Jon Russell says a larger pool of capital is coming from Crypto.com’s balance sheet.

Bobby Bao, head of Crypto.com Capital, and co-founder of Crypto.com (Crypto.com)

Markets

Fidelity: ‘Countries That Secure Some Bitcoin Today Will Be Better Off Than Their Peers’

Even if a country doesn’t agree with the fundamentals of bitcoin, it will be forced to acquire some as a form of insurance, Fidelity wrote in a recent report.

Pedestrians pass a Fidelity Investments office in Boston, Ma

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Markets

Crypto.com Capital Hires Jon Russell as GP, Hints at Expanding Fund Size

Russell spent 10 years as a tech journalist, including stints at The Ken and Tech Crunch.

Crypto.com Capital has hired Jon Russell as a general partner. (Jon Russell)

Markets

Crypto Options Market Starting to Have Material Impact on Spot Market: QCP Capital

The Singapore-based crypto fund wrote in a Telegram note that the newfound strength of the crypto options market prevented bitcoin from bottoming out below $40,000.

Bitcoin volatility via spot market (Skew via QCP Capital)

Markets

DeFi Protocol Tranchess Becomes Binance Smart Chain Validator Node, Launches Fund

Running a validator node brings in additional revenue, said co-founder Danny Chong.

(Getty Images)

Markets

Cardano Jumps 7% After Coinbase Fixes Withdrawal Bug

Cardano’s rally was fueled by traders regaining confidence in the protocol, and the HKMA taking a more gentle approach to retail crypto.

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson

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Markets

Dorsey Proposes Non-Profit Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund for Developers

The main purpose of the fund will be to defend developers from lawsuits regarding their activities in the Bitcoin ecosystem, the Block founder wrote in an email to the bitcoin-dev mailing list.

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Policy

Why Security Token Offerings Are a Big Yawn in Parts of Asia

Security token offerings were supposed to be the next big blockchain-based investment vehicle. But investors in Thailand and Taiwan aren't so interested.

Thai baht