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

Law Firm Behind Pump.Fun Class Action Demands Removal of Tokens Mocking It

Burwick Law proposed a class action lawsuit in January alleging Pump.Fun was engaged in violating securities laws

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Markets

Tiger21 Founder Michael Sonnenfeldt Says Ultra-Rich are Bullish on BTC

Tiger21 members have roughly $6 billion in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies

(André François McKenzie/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitdeer Buys 101 MW Gas Power Plant in Alberta, Canada for BTC Mining

The $21.7 million cash deal would give BitDeer the ability to mine BTC at some of the lowest costs in the industry.

A farmer's field in Alberta, Canada (Priscilla Du Preez/Unsplash)

Policy

Howard Lutnick Softens Stance on Tether Stability, Investment Ties

The Cantor Fitzgerald chair was grilled about prior bullish statements made about Tether during a recent Senate hearing.

Cantor Fitzgerald's Howard Lutnick (World Economic Forum)

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Policy

Probe of Crypto.com, Kalshi’s Super Bowl Bets Is About the Nature of ‘Gaming’: Crypto Lawyer

The regulator's probe is focused on the issue of sports being considered gaming, said New York-based crypto lawyer Aaron Brogan.

A football placed on a field. (Dave Adamson/Unsplash)

Markets

TRON, Movement Labs Deny ‘Token Swap’ Deal for World Liberty Financial Inclusion

A report alleges that projects were pitched on a $10 million - $15 million buy-in on the Trump-backed project.

Screen grab from Trump's teaser of the new World Liberty Financial crypto company (Rug Radio, modified by CoinDesk using PhotoMosh)

Markets

USDe Stable Despite Trade War Volatility

The market cap of USDe has pushed past $6 billion, and the peg remains virtually stable, despite the market bloodbath.

Rolls of dollar bills of varying denominations. (NikolayFrolochkin/Pixabay)

Markets

Chance of Bitcoin Tanking to $75K Doubles as Trump's Tariffs Ignite Trade War, Derive's Onchain Options Market Shows

The probability has doubled from last week as the renewed trade war between the U.S. and its major trading partners threatens to inject inflation into the global economy.

Derive's onchain options market shows fears of an extended BTC price drop. (jarmoluk/Pixabay)

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Bitcoin Slumps to Near $94K as Asia Traders Ponder Over Trump's Trade War

BTC, ETH, SOL all slide as the market digests the impact of the possibility of a global trade war.

U.S. President Donald Trump

Markets

Polymarket Still Skeptical of U.S Bitcoin Reserve Despite David Sacks' Assurance

Trump's crypto czar David Sacks confirmed on Fox News that a national BTC reserve is being studied, but the market isn't buying it

White House. (René DeAnda/Unsplash)