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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Markets

The Bull Case for Galaxy Digital Is AI Data Centers Not Bitcoin Mining, Research Firm Says

Rittenhouse Research, a new firm covering fintech, AI, and crypto, is giving GLXY a strong buy rating because of its BTC mining to AI transition

Mike Novogratz, Galaxy founder and CEO, speaks at Consensus 2024 (CoinDesk/Shutterstock/Suzanne Cordiero)

Markets

Undervalued Ether Catching Eye of ETF Buyers as Rally Inbound: CryptoQuant

ETH's rally is fueling investor expectations for a new 'Alt season', according to a recent CryptoQuant report.

16:9 ETF (viarami/Pixabay)

Policy

DOJ Will Still Pursue Roman Storm Case Despite Blanche Memo, Prosecutors Say

The Department of Justice said it had reviewed the memo by Todd Blanche with his office.

Tornado Cash's Roman Storm, second from left, and his legal team – Brian Klein (left), Keri Axel and Kevin Casey – outside court in New York. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Consensus Toronto 2025 Coverage

Cardano’s Hoskinson Rejects Crypto Tribalism, Reveals Fresh Details on Massive ‘Glacier Drop’

Hoskinson said being rich lets him ignore VCs and “do [stuff] on principle” like giving away Midnight tokens in a massive multi-chain airdrop to retail users only.

Consensus 2025: Charles Hoskinson, CEO & Founder, Input Output

Consensus Toronto 2025 Coverage

Slow Blockchain Governance Leaves Crypto Exposed to Quantum Threats

Securing a whole chain will take too long, so why not go piece by piece with the largest whales putting their stash in quantum vaults first.

(Dan Cristian Pădureț/Unsplash)

Markets

eToro Goes Public at $52 a Share, Far Exceeding Marketed Range

The company raised about $310 million from the Nasdaq listing.

EToro (CoinDesk Archives)

Consensus Toronto 2025 Coverage

VeChain’s Sunny Lu Wants to Tokenize Sustainable 'Human Behavior' Like Driving a Tesla

At Consensus Toronto, VeChain is debuting new infrastructure that combines RWAs, AI agents, and NFT staking to make crypto usable by everyone.

VeChain CEO Sunny Lu (CoinDesk archives)

Markets

Here's Why ICON Rebranded to SODAX and Abandoned its Layer-1

Crypto might now be in the outsourcing phase of capitalism.

(Oleksandr Sushko/Unsplash)

News Analysis

Analysis: Coinbase Is Buying Bitcoin, Just Don’t Call It a Treasury Strategy.

Coinbase has bitcoin on the balance sheet, but management wants to be clear it's not taking the Michael Saylor/MSTR approach.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong at the White House

Markets

Market Maker Flowdesk Expands Capital Market Offerings With New Institutional Credit Desk

Institutions trading crypto need more than fast execution, they need tools to unlock capital and build precise strategies says Flowdesk’s U.S. CEO.

head and shoulders shot of Flowdesk CEO Guilhem Chaumont