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

Policy

Trump Administration Said to Mull Putting Digital Payments Giant Ant Group on Trade Blacklist: Report

The move comes as Ant, a global leader in digital payments, is readying what could be an offering worth up to a record $35 billion.

Oct 14, 2020

Markets

JPMorgan Calls Square's $50M Bitcoin Investment 'Strong Vote of Confidence' for the Cryptocurrency

Other payment companies will also likely follow in Square's footsteps or risk getting shut out of a growing segment, JPMorgan wrote.

Oct 14, 2020

JP Morgan Chase's corporate headquarters

Policy

Bank of Russia Considers Issuing Digital Ruble, Starts Public Consultations

The Russian central bank said it's starting public consultations on the possibilities of issuing a CBDC.

Oct 13, 2020

Policy

BOJ's Kuroda Says Central Bank Will Start CBDC Experiments in Spring: Report

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said Monday the central bank will begin experiments on a digital yen in the spring.

Oct 12, 2020

Haruhiko Kuroda, governor of the Bank of Japan

Policy

Central Banks Haven't Made a Good Case for Digital Currencies: WSJ's Heard on the Street

Central banks are rushing into digital currencies without considering how the risks might outweigh any benefits, the column argues.

Oct 12, 2020

Markets

Pelosi Says Stimulus Talks at Impasse; Trump Blames Pelosi: Report

The U.S. House Speaker says President Trump's recently boosted proposal still doesn't go far enough.

Oct 11, 2020

Policy

Ripple's Larsen Says US Risks Losing Stewardship of Global Financial System to China, Disses SEC

Chris Larsen said China's "itching" to be the one that designs the next financial system, and that the U.S. is "woefully behind."

Oct 11, 2020

Markets

Coinbase Senior Software Engineer Left This Week, Unclear if Departure Linked to New Policy

Andrei Anisimov, whose LInkedIn profile still describes him as a "Senior Software Engineer" at Coinbase, tweeted Saturday that this was his last week at the cryptocurrency exchange.

Oct 11, 2020

Markets

Shenzhen Giving Away Millions in Digital Yuan in Lottery to Boost Consumption, Test Tech: Report

The promotion is part of China's efforts to try out out and stimulate usage of its new digital currency.

Oct 10, 2020

Policy

SEC Will Be Forced to Give Crypto Guidance Despite Bureaucracy, Risk Avoidance: Peirce

Increased interest in the crypto space will necessitate a more accommodative stance, the commissioner predicted.

Oct 10, 2020

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