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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Finanzas

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)

Mercados

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

Finanzas

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)

Tecnología

Tornado Cash Co-Founder Says the Mixer Protocol Is Unstoppable

Roman Semenov says Tornado Cash is designed so a third-party can’t control it.

Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Semenov (Roman Semenov)

Finanzas

Crypto.com’s Stolen Ether Being Mixed Through Tornado Cash

The Ethereum mixer is being used to obscure destinations of ETH pilfered from the crypto exchange.

(NOAA CC BY 2.0)

Finanzas

Is Tornado Cash Complicit in Laundering Crypto? It’s Complicated, Says Former DEA Agent

Obfuscation of the money trail isn’t necessarily money laundering, according to the expert, but it still makes the protocol worthy of being treated with suspicion.

(Getty)

Finanzas

The Father of PlayStation Doesn’t Like Metaverse or VR Headsets

PlayStation creator Ken Kutaragi equates the Metaverse to nothing more than an anonymous message board.

A Playstation VR headset (Sony)

Mercados

Bitcoin Dips Below $40K During Broader Asia Market Sell-Off

Ether, Solana and other layer 1-associated coins also slip during Asia trading day

Bitcoin's price fell below $40,000 for the first time in months in the early hours of Jan. 21. (CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index)

Mercados

Stader Labs Raises $12M in Strategic Sale as It Builds ‘Staking as a Service’ Business

Stader Labs CEO Amitej Gajjala puts the market for staking at $250 billion.

Stader Labs CEO Amitej Gajjala (provided)

Finanzas

Southeast Asia Gaming Guild Ancient8 Raises $4M Seed Round

The funding round was led by Dragonfly Capital, Pantera Capital and Hashed.

(AxieInfinity.com)