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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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.

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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.

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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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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)

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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.

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