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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Donald Trump's Official Token Surges 25%, Some Observers See It as Bet on His Presidency

Token prices zoomed 25% in the past 24 hours, beating gains in bitcoin and other majors to reverse losses from earlier in the week.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Merkado

Trump-Affiliated World Liberty Financial Makes Another TRX Buy

The most recent purchase brings WLFI's TRX holdings to $7.5 million.

Justin Sun speaks at Consensus (CoinDesk Archives)

Merkado

Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht Pardoned by President Trump

The Silk Road founder in 2015 had been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Ross Ulbricht set to be freed from prison (CoinDesk Archives)

Patakaran

Polymarket Bettors Certain Ross Ulbricht Pardon Is on Trump’s Agenda

Crypto was absent from the first batch of President Trump's executive orders and pardons, but the market is confident it will come soon.

Ross Ulbricht set to be freed from prison (CoinDesk Archives)

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Crypto Options Stay Bearish on Ether-Bitcoin Ratio as Trump Fails to Mention BTC in Inaugural Speech

Options continue to show a bias for BTC relative to ETH despite Trump bypassing any mention of strategic bitcoin reserve in his inaugural speech on Monday.

Donald Trump (BarBus/Pixabay)

Merkado

Balaji Blasts Memecoins, Calling Them 'Zero-Sum Lottery’ as TRUMP Token Sends Market In Frenzy

The former CTO of Coinbase and general partner at venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz said in a thread on X that memecoins aren’t wealth creation.

Balaji Srinivasan image via CoinDesk archives

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Coinbase, Binance Plan to List Donald Trump's Official TRUMP Token After Its Phenomenal Debut

The official memecoin of the 47th United States president will be listed on most major crypto exchanges, even though the fan token faced trouble getting listed.

Donald Trump (BarBus/Pixabay)

Merkado

Bitcoin's 'Coinbase Premium' Muted Amid Reports Trump Plans to Designate Crypto a National Policy

BTC trades at a slight discount on Coinbase relative to Binance, data from CryptoQuant show.

Donald Trump (BarBus/Pixabay)

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Hashed's Simon Kim Says AI Has a 'Black Box' Problem

Centralized AI is opaque, centralized, and a huge burden for intellectual property owners. Here's how he thinks blockchain fixes this.

Simon Kim

Patakaran

Analysis: Prediction Markets Have a Gambling Problem

Academics get it: prediction markets aren't gambling because the house doesn't always win. But regulators around the world have differing opinions – and Polymarket is feeling the heat.

(Donald Trump Jnr. who recently became an advisor to Kalshi.)