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

Asia Morning Briefing: Are Stablecoins an 'Engine of Global Dollar Demand' or a 2008-Style 'Liquidity Crunch'?

Some might say they are boring, but stablecoins are becoming a lever on Treasury liquidity — and a source of debate over whether they steady or strain markets.

Rolls of dollar bills of varying denominations. (NikolayFrolochkin/Pixabay)

Tech

‘OP_CAT Isn’t My Invention. It’s Satoshi’s,’ Says Bruce Liu as OPCAT_Labs Pushes to Reboot Bitcoin’s Code

OP_CAT Labs' Liu says Satoshi envisioned Bitcoin to be programmable. To get there, one piece of code needs to be re-enabled. But there are some loud voices in the way.

Bruce Liu of OP_CAT Labs speaks at BTC Asia in Hong Kong (BTC Asia)

Markets

Trump-Linked World Liberty Team Floats Buyback-and-Burn Plan as WLFI Sinks

The Trump-linked DeFi project proposes using all liquidity fees to permanently reduce supply, as steep early losses highlight investor skepticism.

Eric Trump speaks at Consensus 2025 in Toronto (CoinDesk)

Markets

Asia Morning Briefing: Hex Trust CEO Sees Both Promise and Peril in Bitcoin Treasury Firms

Hex Trust's CEO draws a line between financial engineering and genuine diversification, warning that not all Bitcoin treasury strategies are created equal.

Alessio Quaglini, CEO and Co-Founder of Hex Trust (provided)

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Markets

Binance Becomes First Exchange to List Trump-Linked WLFI Token

The exchange will open WLFI spot pairs against USDT and USDC, marking the token’s shift from a non-transferable presale to full tradability.

Eric Trump speaks in Hong Kong at BTC Asia (screenshot)

Policy

Asia Morning Briefing: August ETF Flows Show the Massive Scale of BTC to ETH Rotation

August saw $751M exit U.S. Bitcoin ETFs even as Ethereum funds pulled in nearly $4B, underscoring diverging institutional appetites as BTC stalls

High-resolution image of numerous shiny gold bitcoin tokens stacked together.

Finance

Eric Trump Praises China’s Role in Bitcoin, Says U.S. and Beijing Are ‘Leading the Way’

President Donald Trump's son said he would love for his father and China's President Xi Jinping to talk about bitcoin at a coming meeting.

Eric Trump speaks in Hong Kong at BTC Asia (screenshot)

Markets

Public Token Treasuries and Tokenization are Fantastic for Crypto, But Risks Remain, Binance's CZ Says

Tokenization of real-world assets (RWAs) is accelerating, bringing stablecoins, treasury bills, real estate and more into the crypto ecosystem, CZ added.

CZ speaks at BTC Asia in Hong Kong (screenshot)

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Markets

Asia Morning Briefing: Stablecoins Offer Beijing What e-CNY Can’t in Cross-Border Use, Economist Says

Dollar dominance thanks to stablecoins is pushing China to explore stablecoins, but capital controls limit the project to Hong Kong’s offshore renminbi market, where liquidity is thin.

(Edward He/Unsplash)

Markets

Asia Morning Briefing: ETH Bulls Eyeing $5K as Flows Strengthen

Ethereum’s outperformance over Bitcoin is being reinforced by institutional flows, new altcoin narratives, and rising market odds of a $5K test, with macro data now set to challenge that conviction.

Gold ether coins in a small pile, symbolizing ETH investment