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: Asia's Banks Look to Stablecoins to Prevent Deposit Flight

PLUS: Bakkt is entering the BTC Treasury market with a $1 billion BTC purchase.

Jeremy Allaire, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, Circle Speaks at Hong Kong Fintech Week in 2024 (HK Fintech Week)

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Asia Morning Briefing: BTC Climbs to $107K as 'War Drums Fade, Risk Appetite Roars'

DNTV Research's Bradley Park explains why the community is important for Korean token listings.

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Markets

Kalshi Joins Polymarket in Unicorn Club With Latest Fundraise: Report

Kalshi has raised$185 million at a valuation of $2 billion, according to a release.

Kalshi will have a prediction contract weighed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Asia Morning Briefing: Analysts Say BTC’s Long-Term Focus Is Easing War Jitters

PLUS: Tim Draper sees parallels between the flight to BTC and Microsoft's early days.

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Spot Crypto ETF Filings for XRP, SOL, DOGE Among Those With Overwhelming SEC Approval Odds: Bloomberg

Of all pending crypto ETFs before the U.S. markets regulator, only SUI faces less than a 90% chance of approval.

ETF (viarami/Pixabay)

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Asia Morning Briefing: CryptoQuant Warns of $92K BTC Drop as Analyst Views Diverge

PLUS: Semler Scientific wants to hold over 100,000 BTC by 2027

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Tech

Project Eleven Raises $6M to Defend Bitcoin From the Coming Quantum Threat

Project Eleven is also offering 1 BTC to the first team to break an elliptic curve cryptographic key using a quantum computer.

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Policy

DOJ Ties Kansas Bank Collapse to $225 Million 'Pig Butchering' Seizure

Shan Hanes, the former CEO of Heartland Tri-State Bank, wired millions in embezzled funds to scammers who promised crypto riches and was arrested in 2024. Now, a DOJ complaint shows he was the single largest victim in a global "pig butchering" USDT laundering network.

Shan Hanes mugshot (Morton County Jail/DoJ Filing)