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

Fitch Downgrades El Salvador to CCC Weeks Before Bitcoin Bond Issue

The firm cites concerns over the country's ability to service debt, its concentration of power in the presidency and adoption of bitcoin as legal tender.

nayib bukele

Finance

Infinity Ventures Crypto Closes $70M Fund

IVC wants to bridge the east and west in Web 3 without getting too big and bulky, says partner Brian Lu.

Brian Lu, partner at IVC (IVC)

Markets

Ethereum Name Service Removes Core Team Member Brantly Millegan Over 2016 Tweet

A tweet from Nick Johnson, founder and lead developer of ENS, confirmed Millegan has been removed from both the DAO and as director of operations of True Names Ltd.

(Yuichiro Chino for CoinDesk)

Markets

VR Headset Maker HTC Safe From Meta’s Stock Wipeout

The manufacturer of the Vive VR headset opened trading in Taipei up 5% after the Lunar New Year break.

An HTC Vive Pro 2 Headset (HTC)

Markets

Nintendo President Vague on Company's Metaverse Plan

Shuntaro Furukawa remains noncommittal to the metaverse, while investors target Nintendo's stock as an undervalued metaverse play

Super Mario (Nintendo)

Markets

Zcash Extends Rally Into Asian Trading Day

ZEC posted gains of 6% during Asian business hours, lifting its gain this week to 12%.

(z.cash, modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

GameFi Faces Regulatory Headwinds in Major Asian Markets

As cryptocurrency investors look to GameFi as the industry’s latest vertical, experts warn gaming and crypto’s most important markets will provide regulatory challenges for the industry.

Axies from the play-to-earn game Axie Infinity.

Finance

Anchorage Closes In on FDIC Crypto Custodian Deal, Documents Show

The three-year deal would have Anchorage act as a crypto asset manager and liquidator for the U.S. bank regulator.

An FDIC sticker on the door of a Chase Bank branch in New York (Ben Schiller/CoinDesk)

Markets

BSTX Receives SEC Approval for Blockchain-Powered Securities Exchange

Blockchain technology will now be powering a fully automated national exchange for the first time.

SEC Delays Decision on 4 Bitcoin ETFs

Finance

This Taiwanese Fintech Wants to Bridge the World Using Stablecoins

Taiwan’s banking sector is rich with dollars while India's isn't. Taipei-based XREX wants to bring them together.

XREX co-founder Wayne Huang (XREX)