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.

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Latest from Kevin Reynolds

Nigeria to Launch Its ENaira Digital Currency on Monday: Report

The launch was originally set for the start of October.

Oct 23, 2021

Nigeria

Largest DeFi Prediction Market Polymarket Said to Be Under Investigation by CFTC: Report

The report of the probe comes as the company is said to be in talks to raise money at a nearly $1 billion valuation.

Oct 23, 2021

(Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Grayscale Reiterates Plans to Convert Bitcoin Trust to Spot ETF

Once the application is made, the SEC will have 75 days to review it.

Oct 17, 2021

Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein speaks at Consensus: Invest 2018. (CoinDesk archives)

Cardano Announces Partnerships With Dish Network, Chainlink

The tie-up with Chainlink will allow added support for developers working on the Cardano blockchain to develop smart contracts.

Sep 26, 2021

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson

Stablecoin Feature in New York Times Signals Regulation Is Coming

Designating them as “systemically risky” and thus eligible for oversight is one option available, the article said.

Sep 19, 2021

SEC seal (Getty Images)

Degenerate Ape NFT Sells for More Than $1M on Solana

The sale is a record for the layer-1 rival to Ethereum.

Sep 11, 2021

Solana COO Raj Gokal, left, and CEO Anatoly Yakovenko

DeFi Projects Cover, Ruler Are Shutting Down After Development Team Exits

The price of both protocols’ tokens plunged on the news.

Sep 5, 2021

(Mike Labrum/Unsplash)

Binance Cuts SGD Trading Pairs Following Warning From Singapore Regulators

Last Thursday, Singapore issued an investor alert. This Friday, Binance will end payment options in the local currency.

Sep 5, 2021

Binance CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao

As More Consumers Bank With Crypto, Washington Sounds the Alarm: NY Times

The NYT says officials in D.C. are trying to figure out how to curb what they see as crypto’s potential dangers.

Sep 5, 2021

The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Aug. 31, 2021. (Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Fed's Brainard Says US Can't Not Have a CBDC in a World in Which Others Have Them

Brainard said without a digital dollar the proliferation of stablecoins could fragment the payment system.

Jul 31, 2021

Lael Brainard, governor of the U.S. Federal Reserve

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