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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Consensus Hong Kong 2025 Coverage

As Hong Kong Firms Downsize, Animoca Built a Workspace the Size of 10 Tennis Courts

As law firms and traditional finance companies cut back on office space, Yat Siu's Animoca is taking advantage of the renter’s market to expand its headquarters, reinforcing its commitment to Hong Kong as a global Web3 and digital culture hub.

Evan Auyang, president of Animoca Brands, speaks in an interview at the company's new Web3 workspace in Hong Kong (Chris Lam/CoinDesk)

Markets

Number of Bitcoin Whales Jumps to Highest Since January 2021

Whale Entities are clusters of crypto wallet addresses held by a single network participant holding least 1,000 BTC.

humpback (ArtTower/Pixabay)

Markets

MakerDAO Contemplates Dropping Sky Brand as Community Debates

SKY has significantly underperformed the CoinDesk 20 index, since the re-brand.

Sky. (ELG21/Pixabay)

Markets

ApeCoin Traders Make Bold Moves in PowerTrade's Altcoin Options Market

APE has doubled in value to $1.5 since the weekend.

(Dylan Calluy/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin, Majors Dip on Leverage Flush; CAT Token Runs Up 60% on Binance Futures Listing

The broad-based CoinDesk 20 (CD20), a liquid index tracking the largest tokens by market capitalization, lost 2.1%.

Trading (Pixabay)

Policy

Indonesia Extends Deadline for Crypto Exchange License Requirements Following Regulatory Updates

Exchanges will now have until the last week of November to meet new requirements.

Indonesia flag (Bisma Mahendra/Unsplash)

Markets

U.S. Election Betting: Kalshi's Polymarket Rival Quickly Gets Traction

In just three weeks, Kalshi's presidential prediction market has passed $30M in volume. It still trails the $2 billion traded on Polymarket since January.

MIAMI, FLORIDA - OCTOBER 21: A person wears an 'I Voted' sticker after casting their ballot in a polling station as early voting begins on October 21, 2024, in Miami, Florida. Early voting runs from Oct. 21 through Nov. 3 in Miami-Dade and Broward. People head to the polls to decide, among other races, the next president of the United States. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Markets

Bitcoin Gets Yet Another Bullish Signal as Prices Near $70K

A widely-tracked momentum indicator has flipped positive for the first time since April.

Traffic, green light. (Alexas_Fotos/Pixabay)

Markets

'High-Risk' Crypto Loans Surge to a Two-Year High of $55M on Benqi: IntoTheBlock

The total amount of crypto-collateralized loans within 5% of their liquidation price is at its highest in over two years.

High-risk USD loans. (IntoTheBlock)

Tech

Vitalik Buterin Wants Ethereum to Hit 100K Transaction Per Second With Rollups

Buterin’s roadmap aims to keep Layer 1 decentralized, ensure Layer 2s inherit Ethereum’s core values, and enhance seamless interoperability across chains.

Vitalik Buterin is the creator and spiritual leader of Ethereum. (Romanpoet/Wikimedia Commons, modified by CoinDesk)