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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Polymarket Resolves Presidential Election Contract

The $3.6 billion contract closed Wednesday morning as the Associated Press, Fox and NBC declared the election for Republican candidate Donald Trump.

Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan (Polymarket)

Технологии

Chainlink, UBS Asset Management, Swift Complete Pilot to Extract Cash From Tokenized Funds

The pilot was run as part of the Monetary Authority of Singapore's Project Guardian.

(Swift)

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MakerDAO's Christensen Hopes for 'Firm Decision' as MKR Holders Vote on Sky Brand

Early polling indicates MKR holders want to keep the SKY brand, though participation in the poll is still low.

Rune Christensen (Trevor Jones)

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Harris and Trump Bets Near Even Odds Ahead of Tuesday's U.S. Election Day

The most popular Polymarket bet has seen a flurry in trades ahead of Election Day, contributing to a surge of Harris’ winning shares on the betting platform.

Kamala Harris (Flickr/Gage Skidmore)

Consensus Hong Kong 2025 Coverage

DeFi to Have ‘Walled Garden’ Moment as Internet of Money Matures: dYdX’s D’Haussy

The CEO of the dYdX Foundation sees parallels between the internet of the 1990s and where Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is today.

Charles D’Haussy, CEO of the dYdX foundation, speaks with CoinDesk at the Hong Kong Fintech Week (Chris Lam/CoinDesk)

Consensus Hong Kong 2025 Coverage

Justin Sun Wants More TradFi on Tron, Dogs Over Cats for Memecoins

CoinDesk had 20 minutes in person with the Tron founder on the sidelines of Chainlink's Smartcon at Hong Kong Fintech Week. We covered a lot.

Justin Sun speaks with CoinDesk at Chainlink's SmartCon event in Hong Kong (Tron)

Consensus Hong Kong 2025 Coverage

BlackRock's Entry Into Crypto Matters More Than U.S. Election, QCP Capital's Darius Sit Says

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink appearing on CNBC means more to QCP's founder and chief investment officer rather than presidential candidates promoting crypto.

QCP Capital's Darius Sit (Chris Lam/CoinDesk)

Технологии

Chainlink Unveils 'Chainlink Runtime Environment,' Aiming for Better Blockchain Workflows

Chainlink hopes the new programming environment, under the acronym "CRE," will be as important for Web3 as Cobol and JavaScript languages, which were important for automating finance and bringing it to the internet.

Chainlink's Sergey Nazarov presents at SmartCon in Hong Kong on Wednesday. (Chainlink)

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Here Are 3 Reasons Why Bitcoin Open Interest Set Record Highs as BTC Price Surge to $71K

U.S. listed spot ETF inflows continue to break records, as CME open interest spikes in the past 24 hours.

(engin akyurt/Unsplash)

Consensus Hong Kong 2025 Coverage

As Hong Kong Firms Downsize, Animoca Built a Workspace the Size of 10 Tennis Courts

As law firms and traditional finance companies cut back on office space, Yat Siu's Animoca is taking advantage of the renter’s market to expand its headquarters, reinforcing its commitment to Hong Kong as a global Web3 and digital culture hub.

Evan Auyang, president of Animoca Brands, speaks in an interview at the company's new Web3 workspace in Hong Kong (Chris Lam/CoinDesk)