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

Cardano slumps under 20 cents as Hoskinson says he is 'taking a break' after warning of ecosystem failures

Hoskinson's remarks followed a string of setbacks for the ecosystem, including the cancellation of Cardano's flagship conference and the shutdown of a prominent analytics platform.

Charles Hoskinson during Consensus Hong Kong 2026 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Polymarket says No for May, Yes for June after Strategy's recent bitcoin sale

UMA voters ruled that Strategy's June 1 disclosure counted for the June contract, even though the company said it sold bitcoin during the final week of May.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor standing. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk))

Markets

BTC, ETH, SOL and XRP ETFs bleed $4.4 billion over 13 sessions, only HYPE in green

BlackRock's IBIT shed another $342 million on Wednesday as ether, solana and XRP funds joined the redemption wave, leaving Hyperliquid's HYPE products as the only major crypto ETF category still pulling in net new money.

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Bitcoin briefly drops below $62,000 as $1.5 billion in crypto longs get wiped out

Presto Research says bitcoin's drawdowns this year have coincided with rallies in AI stocks and gold as markets scale back expectations for Fed rate cuts.

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Live markets: Bitcoin selloff stalls as key indicator signals oversold conditions

Bitcoin rebounded to $64,000 after a sharp selloff, with the move reflecting a typical bounce from oversold conditions rather than a confirmed trend reversal.

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Policy

Crypto PACs go undefeated in June primaries as Fairshake scores bipartisan winning streak

Winners included Democrats Zoe Lofgren, Ted Lieu, Dave Min and Rob Menendez, as well as Republican Sen. Mike Rounds, with Democrats accounting for 10 of the 11 victories.

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Tech

Apparent Zcash outage was a block explorer problem, infrastructure provider says

One expert said the issue was mainly with block explorers tracking the onchain activity.

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Markets

Prediction market traders bet bitcoin's selloff has further to run

Markets now imply a 66% chance bitcoin falls below $55,000 and a coin-flip chance of sub-$50,000 prices before year-end.

A bear cools itself, lying on its back in shallow water. (Unsplash, mana5280)

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Markets

Bitcoin's biggest ETF selloff yet hits $3.4 billion as AI stocks keep climbing

U.S. spot bitcoin funds bled cash for 11 straight sessions through Monday, the longest redemption streak since their 2024 launch, as risk dollars rotated toward an AI-led equities rally.

A brown bear sits on the ground (LTapsaH/Pixabay)

Markets

Mt. Gox moves 10,422 bitcoin worth $739 million to a new wallet as deadline nears

The 04:47 UTC Bitcoin block 952,072 transaction moved coins from Mt. Gox cold storage into a freshly generated address, with a smaller 116-bitcoin slice routed to the defunct exchange's hot wallet.

Mt. Gox will set a repayment date in due course. (CoinDesk)