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

Dernières de Sam Reynolds


Marchés

Number of Bitcoin Whales Jumps to Highest Since January 2021

Whale Entities are clusters of crypto wallet addresses held by a single network participant holding least 1,000 BTC.

humpback (ArtTower/Pixabay)

Marchés

MakerDAO Contemplates Dropping Sky Brand as Community Debates

SKY has significantly underperformed the CoinDesk 20 index, since the re-brand.

Sky. (ELG21/Pixabay)

Marchés

ApeCoin Traders Make Bold Moves in PowerTrade's Altcoin Options Market

APE has doubled in value to $1.5 since the weekend.

(Dylan Calluy/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Marchés

Bitcoin, Majors Dip on Leverage Flush; CAT Token Runs Up 60% on Binance Futures Listing

The broad-based CoinDesk 20 (CD20), a liquid index tracking the largest tokens by market capitalization, lost 2.1%.

Trading (Pixabay)

Juridique

Indonesia Extends Deadline for Crypto Exchange License Requirements Following Regulatory Updates

Exchanges will now have until the last week of November to meet new requirements.

Indonesia flag (Bisma Mahendra/Unsplash)

Marchés

U.S. Election Betting: Kalshi's Polymarket Rival Quickly Gets Traction

In just three weeks, Kalshi's presidential prediction market has passed $30M in volume. It still trails the $2 billion traded on Polymarket since January.

MIAMI, FLORIDA - OCTOBER 21: A person wears an 'I Voted' sticker after casting their ballot in a polling station as early voting begins on October 21, 2024, in Miami, Florida. Early voting runs from Oct. 21 through Nov. 3 in Miami-Dade and Broward. People head to the polls to decide, among other races, the next president of the United States. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Marchés

Bitcoin Gets Yet Another Bullish Signal as Prices Near $70K

A widely-tracked momentum indicator has flipped positive for the first time since April.

Traffic, green light. (Alexas_Fotos/Pixabay)

Marchés

'High-Risk' Crypto Loans Surge to a Two-Year High of $55M on Benqi: IntoTheBlock

The total amount of crypto-collateralized loans within 5% of their liquidation price is at its highest in over two years.

High-risk USD loans. (IntoTheBlock)

Technologies

Vitalik Buterin Wants Ethereum to Hit 100K Transaction Per Second With Rollups

Buterin’s roadmap aims to keep Layer 1 decentralized, ensure Layer 2s inherit Ethereum’s core values, and enhance seamless interoperability across chains.

Vitalik Buterin is the creator and spiritual leader of Ethereum. (Romanpoet/Wikimedia Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

Marchés

Kalshi Finds 'Widespread Evidence' of Strong Republican Momentum in U.S. Elections

A note from Kalshi's market research team suggests the prediction market - polls gap can be explained by Harris' sliding popularity with key demographics.

Donald J. Trump at a rally (Gerd Altmann, modified by CoinDesk)