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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WLFI surges 10% after Apex stablecoin deal, outperforming BTC and ETH

The Trump-affiliated token rose on news that a $3.5 trillion asset servicer will pilot USD1, while BTC and ETH continue to trade near multi-week lows.

Zak Folkman speaks at Consensus Hong Kong (CoinDesk)

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'We do not do illegal things': Inside a U.S.-sanctioned stablecoin issuer's race to build a crypto giant

Oleg Ogienko, the public face of A7A5, pitched the ruble-pegged stablecoin as a fast-growing trade rail built to move money across borders despite sanctions pressure.

Oleg Ogienko, director for regulatory and overseas affairs at A7A5, at Consensus in Hong Kong (provided)

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Trump-linked WLFI's Zak Folkman teases forex platform at Consensus Hong Kong

Folkman says more details will be revealed soon at an event at Mar-a-Lago.

Zak Folkman speaks at Consensus Hong Kong (CoinDesk)

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Story co-founder defends token unlock delay, says project needs ‘more time’

In an interview with CoinDesk, S.Y. Lee pointed to Worldcoin’s extended lockups as precedent for longer runways.

PIP Labs CEO and Story Protocol Co-Founder SY Lee (Provided)

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Tether's gold stash tops $23 billion as buying outpaces nation states, Jefferies says

The Wall Street investment bank estimates the crypto firm holds at least 148 tonnes of physical gold holdings, joining top 30 global holders of bullion.

Gold (Unsplash/Zlataky/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Jefferies sees few signs of a crypto bottom yet flags upside for tokens with fundamentals

Bank says institutional de-risking continues, but resilient network activity and growing TradFi adoption could lift revenue-linked assets over time

Bitcoin (Midjourney/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin’s crash to $60,000 has traders hunting for a hidden fund blowup

Traders on X are pointing to everything from a Hong Kong fund blowup to yen funding stress and even quantum security fears as bitcoin’s plunge turns into a full-blown narrative vacuum.

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BlackRock's bitcoin fund hits $10 billion volume record, hinting at peak selling

Record volume, redemptions and pronounced tilt toward put options points to institutional capitulation.

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Bitcoin isn’t losing to gold. It is navigating a liquidity squeeze that the yellow metal never had: Asia Morning Briefing

QCP's Darius Sit says October's deleveraging event exposed the real divide: bitcoin trades like collateral, altcoins trade like a bet on exchange governance

Bitcoin Logo (CoinDesk)

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Justin Sun says 'keep going' on Tron Inc's TRX buys as the token outperforms bitcoin

TRX has outperformed much of the crypto market this year, slipping only about 1.3% versus bitcoin's nearly 19% decline.

Justin Sun speaks at Consensus Hong Kong (CoinDesk)