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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Arbitrum approves $71 Million ETH release despite U.S. seizure fight

DAO delegates approved releasing exploit-frozen ETH to an Aave-led recovery effort, though Arbitrum’s governance rules delay any transfer for at least eight days

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Bitcoin slips below $80,000: Why the 'Trump rally' is hitting a wall of profit-taking

CryptoQuant says traders are cashing out into strength, Enflux ties the move to easing Hormuz tensions, while Glassnode argues bitcoin has reclaimed key levels needed for a broader recovery.

Brick wall (Michael Laut/Pixabay)

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Consensus panelists explain why Perp DEXes remain a tough sell for institutional investors

Panelists at Consensus Miami said institutional investors are still largely absent from perp DEXs, citing security risks and KYC friction as key barriers.

Panelists at Consensus Miam. (Consensus Miami/CoinDesk)

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AI agents could solve crypto’s user problem

Chappy Asel says autonomous software may be more natural users of wallets and stablecoins than humans, though agentic payments remain mostly theoretical.

AI Collective founder Chappy Asel on stage at Consensus Miami (CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin slips to $79,000, DOGE leads majors losses as negative funding rates set 10-year record

Bitcoin pulled back from this week's $81,500 high after U.S. forces fired on Iranian targets, while crypto futures markets logged their 67th straight day of negative funding rates, the longest streak in a decade per K33 Research.

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Tech

Safety first: Why Adam Back says Bitcoin is winning the 'DeFi security war'

The Blockstream CEO told Consensus Miami 2026 that sovereigns, pension funds and treasury companies will join the next wave of bitcoin adoption.

Adam Back speaking at Consensus Miami 2026 (CoinDesk)

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The metaverse isn't a place: Why Animoca’s Yat Siu says the future is 100 billion AI agents

Yat Siu said the metaverse is evolving beyond immersive digital worlds, with AI agents increasingly handling commerce, payments and coordination through blockchain infrastructure in the background.

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Bitcoin lenders say institutions want crypto credit to look more like TradFi

At Consensus 2026 in Miami, executives from Two Prime, Ledn and Lygos Finance said institutional borrowers increasingly prioritize custody, transparency and standardized lending structures over complex DeFi products after the crypto credit collapses of 2022.

Alexander Blume, founder and CEO of Two Prime, speaks at Consensus 2026 in Miami (CoinDesk)

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Three signals pointing to a possible bitcoin move to $85,000

Bitcoin is showing a rare alignment across on-chain data, futures positioning, and options flows that points to further upside.

Northern lights. (v2osk/Unsplash)

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Ripple, JPMorgan settle first cross-border tokenized Treasury redemption on XRP Ledger

The pilot, run with Ondo Finance and Mastercard, processed the redemption of Ondo's OUSG tokenized Treasury fund in under five seconds.

100 dollar bill on table (Live Richer/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)