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

Finance

US Firms Providing Custody Services Should Account for Crypto Assets as Liability, Disclose Risk, SEC Says

The guidance would apply to U.S.-listed exchanges and other firms providing cryptocurrency services and holding digital assets on behalf of clients.

Mar 31, 2022

(Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

Ukrainian Government Receives Nearly $10M in Crypto Donations After Russian Invasion

The Ethereum wallet listed by the government has received almost $10 million in crypto so far.

Peb 26, 2022

Finance

Walmart Preparing a Metaverse Push, Trademark Filings Show

The retail giant may also be planning to create its own cryptocurrency and NFTs.

Ene 16, 2022

The Walmart in Warminster, Pa. (Kevin Reynolds/CoinDesk)

Finance

India Prime Minister Suffers Another Twitter Hack; Fake Tweet Sent Promising Bitcoin to All Indians

The attack followed one in autumn 2020 that was part of a widespread hack used to trick social media users to send cryptocurrency to the attackers.

Dis 12, 2021

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Shutterstock)

Finance

US Senate Banking Panel Head Seeks More Information About Stablecoins From Issuers, Exchanges

The move comes after a recent report highlighted stablecoins’ potential risks to consumers, investors and the financial system as a whole.

Nob 23, 2021

Finance

Indian Government Submits Bill to Ban Most Cryptocurrencies, Dashing Hopes for Friendlier Measure

While the bill might be the same as the draft submitted in January, expectations had grown that the government would submit a final version that would be accommodative to crypto.

Nob 23, 2021