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.

Sam Reynolds

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Tech

Crypto Exchange BingX Hacked, Onchain Data Shows Over $43M Drained

Hacker have moved the stolen assets to decentralized exchanges.

(Kevin Ku/Unsplash)

Web3

Flappy Bird Foundation Flaps Back at Critics, Says Reboot Game Is True Successor of the 2013 Hit

The foundation says its mission is to preserve and foster the Flappy Bird game and legacy for the community.

Birds fighting. (Jonatan Pie/Unsplash)

Policy

OKX Singapore's New CEO Says Custodian Arrangements Were ‘Most Important, Most Difficult’ Part of MPI License

Crypto custodianship has been in the spotlight since the collapse of FTX.

(Larry Teo/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Broke $62K After Fed Rate Cuts. Here’s What Traders Say Will Happen Next

The CoinDesk 20, a measure of the largest digital assets, is up 3.4%. Plus: Polymarket traders have their money on four to five more rate cuts this year.

(Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitget, Foresight Ventures Buy $30M TON Tokens From Whales

Deal was with a number of TON whales directly, and not a fundraising round with the TON Foundation

Telegram app on smartphone (Shutterstock)

Markets

Bitcoin Holds Above $60K as Traders Warn of Sell-Off on 50 Basis Point Fed Rate Cut

Traders betting on Fed fund contracts are pricing in a 65% implied probability of rates cut to a 4.5-5% range. PLUS: Circle announces partnership with Polymarket

(CoinDesk Indices)

Markets

BitGo to Enter Stablecoin Market With Reward-Bearing USDS Coin

BitGo says USDS is an "open participation" stablecoin that provides rewards to institutions for providing liquidity to the ecosystem.

BitGo CEO Mike Belshe on stage at Token2049 Singapore. (Amitoj Singh/CoinDesk)

Policy

Animoca's Timeline to Go Public Would Depend on the Market's Status: Yat Siu

“We are midway through the audit which is a critical piece of the IPO puzzle,” Siu told CoinDesk.

Yat Siu is interviewed by CoinDesk at Ta Zhi DAO's lounge during the Taiwan Blockchain Week (Ta Zhi DAO)

Markets

Bitcoin Holds Above $58K as Odds of Big Fed Rate Cuts Jump to 67%

Markets are seeing a nearly 70% probability of a bigger 50 bps rate cut to the 4.7%-5% range, up from 25% a month ago.

(Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)