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

Crypto firm with U.S. bank charter holds bitcoin holder Strategy's preferred stock

Anchorage Digital, the first federally chartered U.S. crypto bank, has added perpetual preferred stock in bitcoin treasury firm Strategy to its balance sheet.

Nathan McCauley, co-founder and CEO of Anchorage Digital at Consensus 2025.

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Bitcoin's price discovery is moving to Chicago

CME’s shift to nonstop derivatives access may accelerate institutional migration away from traditional crypto exchanges, according to the Chief Commercial Officer of XBTO.

CME Group Headquarters. (CoinDesk Archives)

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Jane Street faces claims of insider trading that sped up Terraform's 2022 collapse

Jane Street has denied the allegations as a "desperate" and "baseless" attempt to extract money.

Do Kwon (CoinDesk archives)

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ETH, SOL, XRP extend losses as AI scare trade unsettles risk markets

Analysts warn that bitcoin's prolonged failure to break above its current range is tilting the technical outlook toward the bears.

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Bitcoin dips under $63,000 and history says more pain ahead before bottom forms

Bitcoin extends overnight weakness amid renewed concerns over President Trump's tariffs.

COIN stock slides. (sergeitokmakov/Pixabay)

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Mystery Hong Kong investor in BlackRock's bitcoin ETF breaks silence after $436 million stake sparks controversy

A spokesperson for Laurore said the $436 million IBIT stake “reflects personal investment conviction,” as records link it to a mainland China passport holder.

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Bitcoin slides 5%, tumbling below $65,000 as whale selling grows and recent buyers lock in losses

On-chain data from Glassnode and CryptoQuant shows large holders dominating exchange inflows while short-term investors continue to sell at a loss, pointing to a fragile base-building phase.

CoinDesk

Policy

Ripple's Brad Garlinghouse says CLARITY bill has '80% chance' of passing by April

The bill would clarify which digital assets fall under securities law versus Commodity Futures Trading Commission oversight.

Brad Garlinghouse, the CEO of Ripple Labs (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin difficulty jumps 15% largest increase since 2021, despite price slump

Bitcoin difficulty rebounds to 144.4T as hashrate recovers to 1 ZH/s despite multi year low hashprice.

BTC (Difficulty Adjustment Percentage Change (Glassnode)

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Bitcoin logs worst first 50-day start to a year on record

Bitcoin is on course for its first ever back to back declines in January and February.

CoinDesk