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

Crypto Options Market Starting to Have Material Impact on Spot Market: QCP Capital

The Singapore-based crypto fund wrote in a Telegram note that the newfound strength of the crypto options market prevented bitcoin from bottoming out below $40,000.

Bitcoin volatility via spot market (Skew via QCP Capital)

Markets

DeFi Protocol Tranchess Becomes Binance Smart Chain Validator Node, Launches Fund

Running a validator node brings in additional revenue, said co-founder Danny Chong.

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Markets

Cardano Jumps 7% After Coinbase Fixes Withdrawal Bug

Cardano’s rally was fueled by traders regaining confidence in the protocol, and the HKMA taking a more gentle approach to retail crypto.

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson

Markets

Dorsey Proposes Non-Profit Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund for Developers

The main purpose of the fund will be to defend developers from lawsuits regarding their activities in the Bitcoin ecosystem, the Block founder wrote in an email to the bitcoin-dev mailing list.

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Policy

Why Security Token Offerings Are a Big Yawn in Parts of Asia

Security token offerings were supposed to be the next big blockchain-based investment vehicle. But investors in Thailand and Taiwan aren't so interested.

Thai baht