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

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.

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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.

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Metaplanet CEO rebuts critics over bitcoin strategy and transparency

Simon Gerovich defends disclosure standards, options trading model, and hotel operations.

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Ledn raises $188 million with first bitcoin backed bond sale in asset backed market

Crypto lender packages more than 5,400 bitcoin collateralized loans into first asset backed securities transaction of its kind.

Bitcoin (TheDigitalArtist/Pixabay, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin, ether, xrp ETFs bleed while Solana bucks outflow trend

U.S. spot crypto ETFs saw broad-based redemptions led by bitcoin and ether funds, while Solana products drew fresh inflows, signaling selective institutional rotation rather than a full retreat from digital assets.

ETFs (Markus Winkler/Pixabay, modified by CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin’s $40,000 put becomes second-largest options bet ahead of February expiry next week

Heavy positioning at lower strikes signals rising demand for downside protection for bitcoin.

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Ether, XRP, Solana slide in crypto retreat despite tech-led lift in Asia stocks

Major tokens stayed under pressure even as risk sentiment improved in equities, with a firmer dollar and Fed rate uncertainty keeping crypto rallies short-lived.

Trading screen with price monitors and charts (Yashowardhan Singh/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin is about to log its longest losing streak since 2022 as geopolitical nerves hit risk trades

Geopolitical tensions lift the U.S. dollar and crude prices, adding pressure to an already fragile crypto market.

Traders on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange, New York City, USA, 2nd June 1981. (Photo by Barbara Alper/Getty Images)