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 Project World Liberty Financial, Promoted by Trump Family, Confirms Plan for Token

Officials and advisors to the project confirmed, during a much-anticipated two-hour-plus Spaces on X, that the non-transferable governance token will be available under an SEC Regulation D exemption.

Eric, Donald and Donald Trump Jr. (Desiree Navarro/WireImage)

News Analysis

Second Assassination Attempt Barely Moves Trump's Polymarket Odds

Nearly $1 billion has been staked on the election at the crypto-based prediction market. Plus: are you ready for 20x leveraged election betting?

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - SEPTEMBER 13: Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump, watches a video of Vice President Kamala Harris during a campaign rally at The Expo at World Market Center Las Vegas on September 13, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. With 53 days before election day, Former President Trump continues to campaign.  (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Web3

Flappy Bird Creator Dong Nguyen Comes Out of Social Media Retirement to Take a Swing at GameFi

Flappy Birds is back, but without the support of its creator.

(engin akyurt/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Fed Rate-Cut Anticipation Weighs on Crypto Markets as Week Kicks Off

PLUS: Sony’s Soneium blockchain is growing, with Circle announcing that USDC will be listed on the chain.

Fed Chair Jay Powell is set to speak after the central bank held policy steady (Helene Braun/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Jumps Over $58K Amid Tech Stock Rally, SUI Outperforms

SUI outperformed the market, rising over 16%, possibly due to Grayscale's new Sui Trust announcement.

Bitcoin jumped over $58,000 on Thursday amid a rally in U.S. tech stocks. (Denny Luan/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Slides, Yen Gains as Trump-Harris Debate Disappoints Markets

The yen picked up a strong bid in late July as the Bank of Japan hiked interest rates for the first time in decades, triggering an unwinding of the risk-on yen carry trades.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris debate for the first time during the presidential election. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Policy

Harris Won U.S. Presidential Debate Versus Trump, Polymarket Betting Suggests

Crypto was once again not mentioned in the second 2024 debate, the first between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Policy

Former FTX Executive Caroline Ellison's Sentencing Hearing Set for Sept. 24

Ellison ran Alameda Research, the FTX-affiliated hedge fund, and testified that she committed fraud at founder Sam Bankman-Fried's direction last year.

Caroline Ellison, the government's star witness in their case against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, leaving court on Tuesday, Oct. 11 following her first day of testimony. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Tron, Tether and TRM Labs Start Financial Crime Fighting Force

The T3 Financial Crime Unit is looking to clean up USDT issued on Tron, a blockchain favored by bad actors.

Justin Sun (CoinDeskTV)

Markets

Bitcoin ETFs Post $28.7M Inflows After Record Losing Streak

BTC exchange traded funds (ETFs) inflows are back in the green, despite BTC's price slipping.

Wall Street has bitcoin mining mergers on its mind. (Chenyu Guan/Unsplash)