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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Policy

Coinbase’s Paul Grewal Says Crypto Should Remain Non-Partisan

Technology should transcend the political divide, Coinbase’s Chief Legal Officer says

Paul Grewal, Chief Legal Officer, Coinbase (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

News Analysis

Harris Likely to Pick Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro for Veep, Prediction Markets Say

Also: the Democrat gains on Trump but hasn't closed the gap, unlike in polls; Polymarket punters trade on Olympic women's boxing controversy.

AMBLER, PENNSYLVANIA - JULY 29: Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro speaks during a campaign rally for Vice President Kamala Harris on July 29, 2024 in Ambler, Pennsylvania. Shapiro and Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer campaigned to bring supporters behind Vice President Harris's campaign to protect Americans' freedoms, lower costs for families, and slam Trump's Project 2025 agenda. (Photo by Hannah Beier/Getty Images)

Markets

Ether Slides 20% as Trading Firm Moves $46M in ETH

A wallet supposedly associated with Jump Trading moved 17,576 ETH to centralized exchanges, according to Spot On Chain.

(CoinDesk Indices)

Markets

Bitcoin Traders Eye $55K Amid U.S. Stocks Sell-off, XRP Leads Losses in Major Cryptos

Traditional markets from the U.S. to Japan saw declines across major indexes and stocks, with the tremors seeping into the cryptocurrency market.

(CoinDesk Indices)

Finance

'Golden Boys' Move on CompoundDAO Wasn't a Governance Attack: Tally Protocol CEO

Sitting on the sidelines during the democratic process means you can't complain about the result, the CEO and co-founder of a DAO vote-counting protocol said.

(Phil Hearing/Unsplash)

Markets

Large Bitcoin Holders Added $5.4B in BTC in July, Data Show

Large holders resorted to bargain hunting in July as the cryptocurrency experienced two-way price volatility.

Bitcoin: Large holders net inflow in July. (IntoTheBlock, TradingView)

Markets

XRP Surges 7% Amid Ripple-SEC Settlement Hopes, $600M Token Unlock

XRP trading activity is heightening in South Korea, where traders tend to get euphoric about rallying tokens.

XRP took off while other cryptos flatlined. (SpaceX/Unsplash)

Markets

Ether ETFs Break Four-Day Outflow Streak, Bitcoin ETFs Record $18M Outflows

The crypto Trump trade appears to be softening.

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

Markets

Nvidia Becoming More Volatile Than Bitcoin and Ether

Bitcoin has exhibited a strong positive correlation with NVDA since late 2022.

AI generating trading. (TheDigitalArtist/Pixabay)

Finance

COMP Token Rises as Whale Backs Down on Supposed 'Governance Attack' on Compound

A new staking product will be offered instead of what Humpy and the Golden Boys initially proposed.

(CoinDesk Indices)