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

NYSE Scrubs Plan to List Bitcoin ETF Options

Other exchanges have also withdrawn their applications, but some have re-filed.

Predecessors of today's traders at the NYSE floor in 1963 (Library of Congress)

Finance

BitGo Reiterates Autonomy From Justin Sun, Tron as MakerDAO Decides to Dump WBTC

Critics of Sun's involvement don't understand the operational mechanics, the crypto custodian's CEO, Mike Belshe, said during an X Space discussion.

Justin Sun (CoinDeskTV)

Markets

Bitcoin Drops to $58K After U.S. CPI Print, BTC ETFs Record $81M Outflow

Traders say bitcoin could drop to $55,000 in the near-term, but favorable Fed policies could set the stage for its next leg up.

Bitcoin Price (CoinDesk Indices)

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Policy

Crypto Is a 'Purple Issue': Circle's Jeremy Allaire

The CEO of the stablecoin issuer cited prior bi-partisan work on stablecoin legislation and FIT21 as proof crypto doesn't belong to a particular political party

Jeremy Allaire, CEO of Circle (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Coinbase Promotes cbBTC, Wrapped Bitcoin Alternative for Base Blockchain

Tweets from the crypto exchange and Jesse Pollak, the creator of Base, suggest cbBTC could run on the layer-2 blockchain.

Coinbase (PiggyBank/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Crosses $61K as Traders Remain Cautious Ahead of U.S. CPI, Further Unwinding of Yen Carry Trade

BTC beat the CoinDesk 20 during the Asia trading hours, while traders remain bullish on TON because of its GameFi integration.

Bitcoin price chart. (CoinDesk Indices)

Markets

Goldman Sachs Holds Over $400M in Bitcoin ETFs

The investment bank says it owns over $400 million in bitcoin ETFs, according to a recently filed 13F.

Goldman Sachs logo (CoinDesk archives)

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Markets

Ether Beats CD20 as ETH ETFs Post Positive Inflows, DEX Tokens Rise

Many of the largest decentralized exchanges (DEX) tokens posted gains on Tuesday.

Ether spot ETFs to see same sources of demand as bitcoin versions but on lower scale: Bernstein. (Rob Mitchell/CoinDesk)

Policy

Bitcoin and Crypto Go Unmentioned During Trump-Musk X Space

Bettors at one point gave an over 60 percent chance of Trump mentioning digital assets during the interview

Donald J. Trump at a rally (Gerd Altmann, modified by CoinDesk)