Latest from Sam Reynolds
Animoca Brands Files for Nasdaq Listing Via Reverse Merger
The deal aims to expand Animoca's investor base and enhance access to its digital assets and growth companies.

Standard Chartered CEO Sees Hong Kong Stablecoin as Pivotal for International Trade Settlement
At FinTech Week, the Standard Chartered CEO said Hong Kong’s digital asset pilots, including HKD-backed stablecoins and tokenized deposits, could transform cross-border trade, as regulators unveiled new rules allowing shared order books for crypto exchanges.

Trump Tells CBS News He 'Doesn't Know' Who CZ Is, Claims Former Binance CEO Was a Victim
The founder of Binance was "treated really badly" by the Biden administration, President Trump said during an interview.

Asia Morning Briefing: Cautious Calm Returns to BTC Markets as Traders Rebuild Risk
BTC holds near $110K and Ethereum trades around $3,900 as liquidations ease and market makers report clients slowly re-entering risk after the Fed-driven selloff.

ASTER Zooms 20% as Binance's CZ Purchases 2M Tokens
ASTER is a rebranded derivative platform token with a max supply of 8 billion, focusing on community incentives and decentralized exchange features.

T3 Financial Crime Unit, Backed by Tron, Tether, TRM Labs, Has Now Frozen $300M in Assets
The crypto industry’s most aggressive anti-crime task force just crossed another milestone.

Sam Bankman-Fried Posts Lengthy 'FTX Was Never Insolvent' Document
The disgraced FTX founder resurfaced on social media with a sprawling self-defense arguing that customers could have been made whole in 2022.

Analysis: Coinbase's Armstrong Made Prediction Markets Look 'Fun.' Bill Ackman Made Them Look Real
A Coinbase CEO prank resolved one market with a single sentence. Ackman’s warning about “rigged odds” in a $22 million Polymarket election shows the opposite: it now takes institutional-scale money to move prices even 10%.

Asia Morning Briefing: Bitcoin Trades at $109K as U.S. ETF Demand Fades and Powell’s Hawkish Tone Hits Risk Assets
CryptoQuant data shows U.S. spot ETF flows turning negative while Glassnode flags heavy long-term holder selling. Solana’s new spot ETFs drew inflows but failed to lift prices as sentiment weakened after large on-chain transfers.

Analysis: Prediction Market Bettors Miscalculated Dutch Election Results
Both Polymarket and Kalshi traders ignored late polls showing D66 gaining ground, keeping Geert Wilders’ PVV priced as a sure thing until exit polls forced a repricing that erased millions in misplaced bets.

