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

Bitcoin Flipflops; MATIC, LINK Surge as Dim Market Action Continues

BTC retreated gains from late Wednesday, leading to similar price action among majors.

Trading (Pixabay)

Tech

DePIN Media Network PKT Starts Up on Coinbase's Base to Bring Transparency to Making Movies

Behind PKT are Hollywood talent who say they're sick of the black box that is the industry's film production process.

(The Maker Jess/Unsplash)

Finance

Story Protocol Developer Raises $80M Series B, Led by A16z, for Intellectual Property Chain

"We’re focused on solving a real problem that impacts the creative industry, not just creating another technical tweak," PIP Labs CEO SY Lee says.

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

Markets

Trump Tops Harris on Polymarket; Tron, Cardano in the Green as Bitcoin Sinks

Traders said that bitcoin would need to break above the $61,000 level and stay above it if sentiment were to change among market participants.

Donald Trump (Shaleah Craighead/Wikimedia Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

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Markets

Bitcoin Pops Over $61K, XRP Leads Gains Among Majors

Some traders expect market movements nearer to Friday when Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell is scheduled to speak at the Jackson Hole symposium.

(Gerd Altmann/Pixabay)

Markets

Harris Leads Trump on Polymarket as DNC Begins, but They Got Tied Earlier Amid Volatility

Plus, bettors see RFK Jr. dropping out by November without a Trump endorsement, and China's 'bitcoin ban' is more complicated than what Justin Sun thinks.

Chicago prepares for Democratic National Convention (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Markets

TON Leads Crypto Majors as BTC, ETH Remain Flat

GameFi heavy TON outperformed the CoinDesk 20 during the Monday trading day in Asia.

Catizen. (Catizen)

Finance

Digital Payments Platform Flexa Launches Crypto Point-of-Sale Tool

Flexa Components will allow retailers to accept crypto payments like USDC at the point of sale.

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Policy

Donald Trump Holds Over $1M in Ether, Also Receives NFT Licensing Fees

Filings show he has over $1 million in Ether.

Former President Donald Trump (Jon Cherry/Getty Images)

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)