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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Bitcoin holds $68,300 as gold crashes for a ninth day and Asian stocks drop

The Iran conflict's fourth week is breaking the traditional safe-haven playbook, with gold down to $4,360 and equities falling for a third consecutive session.

Gold outperforms bitcoin

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Sam Bankman-Fried’s parents tell CNN no customer money was lost. FTX creditors see it differently.

FTX payouts tied to 2022 prices leave creditors short as parents press case for pardon on CNN's Smerconish.

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried  (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

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South Korea crypto liquidity tumbles as stablecoin balances plunge 55% and stock buying rises

On-chain data shows a sharp drawdown in dollar-linked token holdings since July, with the latest wave triggered by won weakness.

A scattering of 50,000 South Korean-won notes

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'Gensler and Biden were just better for crypto,' says Tally CEO as DAO governance platform shuts down

End of DAOs? Firm behind Uniswap and Arbitrum governance says easing regulation made decentralization optional

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Pi rallies more than 30% after Kraken announces listing

Bybit previously declined to list the mobile crypto mining platform, with CEO Ben Zhou citing warnings from Chinese police that the project is a scam.

Kraken on phone (PiggyBank/ Unsplash)

Markets

Oil veteran is putting the $6 trillion crude market on blockchain

LITRO aims to modernize the $6 trillion oil market by replacing slow, paper-based settlement with 24/7, on-chain trading and redemption.

(David Thielen/Unsplash)

Markets

Across's acx rockets 80%, massively beating bitcoin, on plans to dump its DAO structure

The bridging protocol's team wants to exchange ACX tokens for equity in a new U.S. C-corp or buy holders out at a 25% premium, in what would be one of the first major reversals from token to traditional corporate structure.

corporate governance, power balance

Tech

Crypto code commits fall 75% as developers move to AI projects

Developers are shifting toward artificial intelligence infrastructure as blockchain ecosystems lose contributors across major networks, from Ethereum to Solana.

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Tech

Bonk.fun hacked: Domain hijacked, crypto drainer planted

The operator, known as Tom, said only users who signed a fake terms-of-service message on the compromised site after the breach were affected.

Hacker sitting in a room

Finance

Binance, PayPal and Ripple join Mastercard’s massive new push into blockchain payments

More than 85 partners will work with Mastercard to connect on-chain payments with banks, merchants and global commerce as part of the payment giant's recent crypto program.

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