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

TON Under Pressure After Telegram's Pavel Durov Confirms No xAI Deal Was Signed

"No deal was signed" said Elon Musk, the xAI CEO, in response to an announcement earlier on Wednesday by Telegram's Pavel Durov

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov (TechCrunch Disrupt Europe/Creative Commons)

Markets

Asia Morning Briefing: Bitcoin Becomes ‘Generational Asset’ as Speculators Ditch Rolexes

PLUS: ETH's rally might be in its early stages, but there are a few headwinds holding it back

(Bence Balla-Schottner/Unsplash)

Markets

Asia Morning Briefing: Thai Banks May Soon Hold Crypto, SCB 10X CEO Signals Sandbox Push

PLUS: SCB 10X's new CEO, Kaweewut Temphuwapat, predicts clearer regulations and fintech innovation in Thailand will drive stronger crypto deal flow across Southeast Asia.

Uniswap logo on phone (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

Markets

Justin Sun Defends TRUMP After Presidential Dinner, Says 'Memecoins Have Merit'

Tron's Sun sees the President fueling a new American crypto boom.

Justin Sun at the $TRUMP holders dinner (TRON)

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The Bull Case for Galaxy Digital Is AI Data Centers Not Bitcoin Mining, Research Firm Says

Rittenhouse Research, a new firm covering fintech, AI, and crypto, is giving GLXY a strong buy rating because of its BTC mining to AI transition

Mike Novogratz, Galaxy founder and CEO, speaks at Consensus 2024

Markets

Undervalued Ether Catching Eye of ETF Buyers as Rally Inbound: CryptoQuant

ETH's rally is fueling investor expectations for a new 'Alt season', according to a recent CryptoQuant report.

ETF (viarami/Pixabay)

Policy

DOJ Will Still Pursue Roman Storm Case Despite Blanche Memo, Prosecutors Say

The Department of Justice said it had reviewed the memo by Todd Blanche with his office.

Tornado Cash's Roman Storm, second from left, and his legal team – Brian Klein (left), Keri Axel and Kevin Casey – outside court in New York. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Consensus Toronto 2025 Coverage

Cardano’s Hoskinson Rejects Crypto Tribalism, Reveals Fresh Details on Massive ‘Glacier Drop’

Hoskinson said being rich lets him ignore VCs and “do [stuff] on principle” like giving away Midnight tokens in a massive multi-chain airdrop to retail users only.

Consensus 2025: Charles Hoskinson, CEO & Founder, Input Output

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Consensus Toronto 2025 Coverage

Slow Blockchain Governance Leaves Crypto Exposed to Quantum Threats

Securing a whole chain will take too long, so why not go piece by piece with the largest whales putting their stash in quantum vaults first.

(Dan Cristian Pădureț/Unsplash)

Markets

eToro Goes Public at $52 a Share, Far Exceeding Marketed Range

The company raised about $310 million from the Nasdaq listing.

EToro (CoinDesk Archives)