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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Tether, Tron-Backed T3 Financial Crime Unit Has Frozen $250M of Criminal Assets in a Year

The crypto crime-fighting initiative marks a major milestone as it launches a new collaboration program with Binance to boost enforcement.

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino at White House

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Asia Morning Briefing: Bitcoin’s Thin-Liquidity Bounce Raises Questions on Staying Power

The bitcoin market is no longer one of seller exhaustion, Glassnode says, but how long will the rebound last for?

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

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Asia Morning Briefing: Tokenized Assets Will Eclipse DeFi, Chronicle Founder Niklas Kunkel Says

In an interview with CoinDesk, Kunkel outlines how oracles are moving beyond price feeds to power real-time risk management for the next wave of onchain credit.

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Hong Kong’s IVD Medical Adds $19M Ether to Its Treasury

IVD Medical’s ETH buy will serve as both the backbone of its ivd.xyz tokenization platform and a yield-generating treasury asset, powering settlements, stablecoin backing, and staking strategies.

Hong Kong's skyline (Chris Lam/CoinDesk)

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XRP Price Surges 12% as Traders Bet on Big Swings with 'Straddle' Strategy

A long straddle represents a bullish bet on volatility.

XRP's price surges 12% (CoinDesk)

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Asia Morning Briefing: BTC Mining Industry Not Worried About New Round of Trump Tariffs

Taiwan Semiconductor Company (TSMC) and Samsung, the largest BTC Mining ASIC manufacturers, have exemptions from the tariffs because of their U.S. operations.

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With South Korea's CBDC Plans Dead, KakaoBank Joins Stablecoin Gold Rush

The online lender joins a growing wave of Korean fintechs eyeing stablecoin issuance after the government scrapped its CBDC pilot in favor of private-sector alternatives.

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Asia Morning Briefing: Bitcoin Slips Into Low-Liquidity 'Air Gap' as Post-ATH Drift Continues

Glassnode data shows BTC caught in a fragile holding pattern after slipping below key support. Market makers say conviction remains weak, with majors struggling to lead.

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China Warns Worldcoin-Style Iris Scanning a National Security Threat

A new advisory from China's Ministry of State Security highlights what it calls national security risks based on foreign firms collecting biometric data under the guise of crypto giveaways.

An inside view of the Orb, Worldcoin's custom hardware that makes cryptographic IDs based on iris scans. (Worldcoin)

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Asia Morning Briefing: Architect Bets Credit Will Outshine Crypto Equities as It Builds a Web3 Moody’s

As crypto equity markets become overcrowded and illiquid, Architect bets on building a Moody's-like credit rating system to unlock new pools of institutional capital.

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