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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Crypto exchange HTX rejects U.K. sanction allegations, says it refused ruble stablecoin listing

U.K. authorities sanctioned HTX, saying there were "reasonable grounds to suspect" the crypto exchange was helping Russia by cooperating with ruble stablecoin A7A5.

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

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DeFi isn't safe anymore because AI is becoming 'superhuman' at hacking, onetime OpenZeppelin founder says

As hacks pile up and DeFi TVL falls fast, OpenZeppelin co-founder and former CTO Manuel Aráoz says AI coding agents have made smart contracts fatally vulnerable.

A notable portion of Bybit's hacked funds remain dark. (TheDigitalArtist/Pixabay)

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Crypto PACs spend $9 million in Texas and score wins in both parties

Industry-backed PACs supported Democratic and Republican candidates alike, underscoring digital assets’ growing role as a cross-party electoral force.

Texas's State Capital famous dome. (Clark Van Der Beken/Unsplash)

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Hyperliquid takes a swing at Polymarket with macro outcome bets

The decentralized exchange’s new HIP-4 product lets traders bet on offchain events like inflation and interest-rate decisions, using validators rather than UMA-style external dispute resolution.

Hyperliquid founder Jeff Yan

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Bitcoin stalls near $76,500 as muted trading points to macro wait-and-see

Enflux says “the bid is there” but no one is adding size, while Glassnode data shows easing selling pressure alongside weaker market activity.

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XRP ETFs attract inflows amid wallet surge. bitcoin, ether funds struggle.

Fresh inflows into XRP-linked funds and a spike in newly created wallets suggest some traders may be rotating into the token while trimming exposure to crypto’s largest assets.

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Bitcoin trades near $77,700 as analysts eye $75,000 support after liquidation wave

Open interest held steady and funding stayed subdued during the recent liquidation wave, suggesting traders were de-risking rather than capitulating, according to HashKey Research's Tim Sun.

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Binance launches SpaceX pre-IPO perps amid $2 trillion valuation bets

Binance looks to democratize pre-IPO markets, starting with SpaceX perpetual futures.

Binance founder CZ at Consensus Miami (CoinDesk)

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Don't call us just a WLFI treasury company, says AI Financial

The company says it is building a broader fintech, tokenization and digital infrastructure business, but its latest SEC filing shows WLFI still dominates the balance sheet.

World Liberty Forum at Mar-a-Lago. (WLFI)

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Here's why bitcoin turned lower from the 200-day average

BTC recently turned lower from the 200-day average, a barometer of long-term trends. CryptoQuant explains why.

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