Kevin Reynolds

Editor-in-Chief

Kevin Reynolds is editor-in-chief at CoinDesk. Prior to joining the company in mid-2020, Reynolds spent 23 years at Bloomberg, where he won two CEO awards for moving the needle for the entire company and established himself as one of the world's leading experts in real-time financial news. In addition to having done almost every job in the newsroom, Reynolds built, scaled and ran products for every asset class, including First Word, a 250-person global news/analysis service for professional clients, as well as Bloomberg's Speed Desk and the training program that all Bloomberg News hires worldwide are required to take. He also turned around several other operations, including the company's flash headlines desk and was instrumental in the turnaround of Bloomberg's BGOV unit. He shares a patent for a content management system he helped design, is a Certified Scrum Master, and a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. He owns bitcoin, ether, polygon and solana.

Latest from Kevin Reynolds

Markets

Bitcoin Tops $24K, Setting New All-Time High

Bitcoin cut through $24,000 Saturday afternoon, setting a new record high as the leading cryptocurrency's ongoing rally continues.

Dec 19, 2020

Markets

Jefferies' Wood Cuts Gold Exposure in Favor of New Position in Bitcoin

Christopher Wood, global head of equity strategy at investment firm Jefferies, cut his exposure to gold for the first time in years in favor of bitcoin.

Dec 19, 2020

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Markets

Warp Finance Suffers Possible $8M Flash Loan Attack

The scheme has become common in the fast-growing DeFi sector.

Dec 18, 2020

Markets

Fidelity's Custody Business Around Bitcoin 'Incredibly Successful': Johnson

Fidelity Investments CEO Abby Johnson says the mutual fund giant's custody business around bitcoin has been "incredibly successful" and has a "tremendous pipeline."

Dec 13, 2020

Markets

Saylor Hits Back at Claims MicroStrategy's Bitcoin Trove Makes It an ETF

The MicroStrategy CEO took to Twitter to dismiss widespread speculation his company's recent massive purchases of bitcoin have turned it into an investment firm or de facto ETF.

Dec 13, 2020

Markets

MicroStrategy, Raising Cash to Buy More Bitcoin, Boosts Notes Offering to $550M

MicroStrategy anticipates raising $537 million in net proceeds from a debt sale designed to fund bitcoin speculation.

Dec 9, 2020

Markets

Robinhood Hires Goldman Sachs to Lead Possible $20B+ IPO: Report

Trading app Robinhood has chosen Goldman Sachs to lead the way for an initial stock offering, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Dec 9, 2020

Policy

Waters Tells Biden to Rescind OCC Crypto Guidance; May Be Part of Anti-Trump, Anti-Crypto Offensive

The head of the House Financial Services Committee wants President-elect Biden to to rescind guidance by the OCC that national banks may hold stablecoin reserves as a service to bank customers.

Dec 4, 2020

U.S. Representative Maxine Waters, who chairs the House Financial Services Committee

Markets

Visa May Support USDC Credit Card After Adding Circle to 'Fast Track' Program

Visa is linking its payments network of 60 million merchants to the USDC stablecoin, according to Forbes.

Dec 2, 2020

Markets

Almost 20% of PayPal Users Have Used App to Trade Bitcoin, Mizuho Says

About 65% of users would use bitcoin as a currency at PayPal's 28 million merchants.

Dec 1, 2020

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