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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Policy

House probe targets WLFI after report of $500 Million UAE stake

Congressional investigators seek ownership records, payment trails and stablecoin documents from the Trump-linked crypto firm following reports of Emirati backing and its USD1 token’s role in a $2 Billion Binance transaction

Consensus 2025: Zak Folkman, Eric Trump

Markets

Bitcoin slides toward $70,000 as on-chain data flags bear market and traders bet Fed holds in April: Asia Morning Briefing

On-chain data points to fading demand and tighter liquidity, while prediction markets show little expectation of near-term rate cuts.

Bitcoin (TheDigitalArtist/Pixabay, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin's 'RSI' screams oversold. Here is what it means

Bitcoin's relative strength index has fallen below 30, signaling oversold conditions as the cryptocurrency trades near a key $73,000 to $75,000 support zone.

AI trading screens. (TheDigitalArtist/Pixabay)

Markets

Bitcoin ETF outflows deepen as ether and XRP funds quietly attract inflows

The flows are indicative of a growing split in how investors are positioning across major crypto assets during the latest bout of market volatility.

Digitally altered photo of a dollar bill (Ryan Quintal/Unsplash, Modified by CoinDesk)

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Markets

Ether and majors rise as bitcoin rebounds to $76,000 but the bounce may not last

Flows and on-chain data signaled defensive positioning, as crypto investment products logged $1.7 billion in weekly outflows.

Price bounce (Getty Images)

Policy

Crypto darknet drug kingpin Rui-Siang Lin gets 30 years

U.S. prosecutors say the Taiwanese operator of the $105 Million Incognito Market used cryptocurrency and anonymity tools before investigators tied him to the platform through domain records and digital traces.

Bubble packs of pharmaceuticals

Markets

'Big Short' Michael Burry flags 'death spiral' after silver liquidations beat bitcoin

Tokenized silver futures logged one of the largest wipeouts across crypto markets, overtaking the usual leaders bitcoin and ether.

Michael Burry attends the "The Big Short" New York premiere at Ziegfeld Theater on Nov. 23, 2015.

Markets

Crypto’s AI push stalls without a ‘ChatGPT moment,’ Justin Sun says

After posting “All in AI” on X, the Tron founder says artificial intelligence could become crypto’s next major growth driver as the industry works toward clearer product-market fit.

Justin Sun speaks at Consensus Hong Kong (CoinDesk)

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Markets

Cathie Wood's ARK buys over $70 million of crypto stocks as bitcoin slides

Fresh buys in CRCL, COIN, and BLSH come as Cathie Wood’s funds lean into exchange and stablecoin names during a market dip

Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood

Tech

Bitcoin miners get an open-source alternative as Tether launches MiningOS

Stablecoin issuer Tether said its new MiningOS is a modular, self-hosted software stack built to run mining operations from small home rigs to multi-site industrial setups.

Bitcoin mining machines (Shutterstock, modified by CoinDesk)