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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Citadel Securities, BlackRock, Gemini Slam Social Media Accusations of Involvement With UST Collapse

A conspiracy theory that began on 4chan and was amplified by Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has been met with swift denials by all parties.

Terraform Labs CEO Do Kwon on CoinDesk TV in December.

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Bitcoin Flirts With $30K During Asia Trading Day as Luna Foundation Guard Fights to Defend UST Peg

Glassnode analyst says change in exchange balance is due to LFG using bitcoin reserves to defend stablecoin peg.

Terraform Labs CEO Do Kwon on CoinDesk TV in December.

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Coinbase Has No Risk of Bankruptcy, New 10-Q Disclosure Language Is SEC Requirement, CEO Armstrong Says

The new language points out that customers could be treated as general unsecured creditors if there ever were to be such proceedings.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (Coinbase)

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First Mover Asia: Crypto Market Decline Underlines Its Unpredictability; Bitcoin Holds at $31K

Most signs have pointed downward, but predicting price trends in the days and weeks ahead is difficult; major cryptos have a mixed day.

Crypto's still in a bear market. (Christof Koepsel/Getty Images)

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Binance Restarts LUNA and UST Withdrawals After Brief Suspension

LUNA token was down 52% on the day, while UST recovered slightly to $0.90 at the time of writing.

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First Mover Asia: Did Nvidia Profit From Crypto Mining? Consider Its Manufacturing Partners’ Stocks; Cryptos Have a Rough Day

The manufacturer of graphics processing units has been reluctant to acknowledge the role its products play in crypto mining; bitcoin and ether plummet.

Graphics card GPUs

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Luna Foundation Guard Lends $1.5B in BTC and UST for Stablecoin Peg

The move comes after UST briefly lost its peg to the U.S dollar over the weekend.

Daniel Shin y Do Kwon, cofundadores de Terra. (Terraform Labs)

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First Mover Asia: BitMEX Saga Leaves Lingering Regulatory Questions, Bitcoin Falls

Arthur Hayes and his BitMEX co-founders must each pay a $10 million fine, but contesting the case against them might have clarified which financial regulatory agency should have primary oversight of crypto; cryptos had a rough weekend.

BitMEX founder and former CEO Arthur Hayes pleaded guilty to an identical charge as the exchange, a few years earlier. (CoinDesk archives)

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Bitcoin Sell-Off Continues as Asian Markets Fall Amid Weak China Cues

Bitcoin continues losses as major markets around Asia end the week.

Bear (Mohd Fazlin/Flickr)

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First Mover Asia: Thailand Has Already Proven Why Taking Crypto for Luxury Items Isn't Working

Gucci will begin accepting crypto payments at five stores as part of a wider commitment, but the success of its initiatives is uncertain; bitcoin plummets in Thursday trading.

Luxury brand Gucci has entered the crypto world. (Robert Alexander/Getty Images)