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

Real-World Assets Cross $10 Billion in Total Value Locked: DeFiLlama

Growth comes from increases in TVL on Ethena USDtb and BlackRock's BUIDL.

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Policy

Australia Proposes New Crypto Regulation Structure, Plans to Integrate Digital Assets Into the Economy

The government's plan will direct different parts of the government to research different aspects of digital assets, including tokenization and CBDCs.

Australia's Parliament in Canberra (Social Estate/Unsplash)

Markets

Polymarket Is 90% Accurate in Predicting World Events: Research

Research shows that Polymarket is 90% accurate in predicting how events will occur one month out, and 94% four hours before the event occurs.

Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan (Polymarket)

Policy

The Man Who Stabbed CEO of South Korean Crypto Firm Haru Invest Could Face Decade in Prison

The CEO of South Korea’s Haru Invest was stabbed in court during his fraud trial in August 2024.

South Korea flag (Planet Volumes / Unsplash)

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Policy

North Dakota Senate Passes Crypto ATM Bill to Create Licensing Regime

North Dakota House Bill 1447 mandates that virtual currency kiosk operators obtain money transmitter licenses, utilize blockchain analytics to detect fraud, and limit individual daily transactions to $2,000.

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Tech

Untangled Finance Brings Moody's Credit Scores On-Chain

A proof-of-concept demonstrated the feasibility of bringing Moody’s credit rating information into Untangled Finance’s risk oracle infrastructure.

Untangled Finance co-founders Quan Le (left) and Manrui Tang (right) (Untangled Finance)

Markets

Tether Raises Bitdeer Stake to 21%: SEC Filing

The USDT issuer first bought a stake in the bitcoin mining company in May 2024.

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino (Tether)

Markets

Metaplanet Continues Bond Issuance for Bitcoin Buys

Metaplanet has raised 2 billion yen ($13.4 million) through zero-interest bonds, allocated to Evo Fund and backed by stock acquisition rights, to purchase more BTC.

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Bitcoin Storm Could Be Brewing, Crypto OnChain Options Platform Derive Says

BTC currently faces low volatility, but a storm could be coming, Derive's Nick Forster said.

BTC storm could be looming, per Derive. (Myriams-Fotos/Pixabay)

Markets

Bitcoin's Bull Market Cycle Is Over, CryptoQuant's Ki Young Ju Says

CryptoQuant's founder is concerned about liquidity drying up.

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