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

Bitget, Foresight Ventures Buy $30M TON Tokens From Whales

Deal was with a number of TON whales directly, and not a fundraising round with the TON Foundation

Telegram app on smartphone (Shutterstock)

Markets

Bitcoin Holds Above $60K as Traders Warn of Sell-Off on 50 Basis Point Fed Rate Cut

Traders betting on Fed fund contracts are pricing in a 65% implied probability of rates cut to a 4.5-5% range. PLUS: Circle announces partnership with Polymarket

(CoinDesk Indices)

Markets

BitGo to Enter Stablecoin Market With Reward-Bearing USDS Coin

BitGo says USDS is an "open participation" stablecoin that provides rewards to institutions for providing liquidity to the ecosystem.

BitGo CEO Mike Belshe on stage at Token2049 Singapore. (Amitoj Singh/CoinDesk)

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Policy

Animoca's Timeline to Go Public Would Depend on the Market's Status: Yat Siu

“We are midway through the audit which is a critical piece of the IPO puzzle,” Siu told CoinDesk.

Yat Siu is interviewed by CoinDesk at Ta Zhi DAO's lounge during the Taiwan Blockchain Week (Ta Zhi DAO)

Markets

Bitcoin Holds Above $58K as Odds of Big Fed Rate Cuts Jump to 67%

Markets are seeing a nearly 70% probability of a bigger 50 bps rate cut to the 4.7%-5% range, up from 25% a month ago.

(Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

Crypto Project World Liberty Financial, Promoted by Trump Family, Confirms Plan for Token

Officials and advisors to the project confirmed, during a much-anticipated two-hour-plus Spaces on X, that the non-transferable governance token will be available under an SEC Regulation D exemption.

Eric, Donald and Donald Trump Jr. (Desiree Navarro/WireImage)

News Analysis

Second Assassination Attempt Barely Moves Trump's Polymarket Odds

Nearly $1 billion has been staked on the election at the crypto-based prediction market. Plus: are you ready for 20x leveraged election betting?

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - SEPTEMBER 13: Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump, watches a video of Vice President Kamala Harris during a campaign rally at The Expo at World Market Center Las Vegas on September 13, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. With 53 days before election day, Former President Trump continues to campaign.  (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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Web3

Flappy Bird Creator Dong Nguyen Comes Out of Social Media Retirement to Take a Swing at GameFi

Flappy Birds is back, but without the support of its creator.

(engin akyurt/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Fed Rate-Cut Anticipation Weighs on Crypto Markets as Week Kicks Off

PLUS: Sony’s Soneium blockchain is growing, with Circle announcing that USDC will be listed on the chain.

Fed Chair Jay Powell is set to speak after the central bank held policy steady (Helene Braun/CoinDesk)