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

Bitcoin Back Above $62K as Crypto Market Calms After Reports of Limited Damage From Israeli Attack

Iran's first strike on Israel pushed down crypto and risk assets, while leading to a spike in gold.

(CoinDesk Indices)

Policy

Binance Secures Full Virtual-Asset Services Provider License in Dubai

The fourth and final stage of approval comes almost a year after the crypto exchange secured a third-stage license.

Richard Teng (Binance)

Markets

Bitcoin Dominance Increases as Halving Nears and BTC Price Lingers Near $61K

BTC dominance is creeping upwards as Layer-1s and Artificial Intelligence tokens had a rough week, while Google search interest in the halving skyrockets.

(CoinDesk Indices)

Policy

QCP and Further Ventures Announce Partnership for Middle East Crypto Expansion

Both companies plan to develop new institutional digital offerings, while QCP is set to open an Abu Dhabi shop.

Executives from QCP and Further Ventures (QCP)

Markets

Hong Kong Bitcoin ETFs Likely Not Available for Mainland Chinese Investors: Bloomberg

Analyst expectations of as much as $25 billion in fresh demand may have to be tempered.

Hong Kong (Ruslan Bardash / Unsplash)

Finance

Zignaly Announces Cosmos-Based ZIGChain, $100M Ecosystem Fund

ZIGChain's ecosystem fund is backed by DWF Labs.

Zignaly co-founders A.Rafay Gadit, David Rodriguez and Bartolome R. Bordallo (Zignaly)

Markets

Ether Prices in Downtrend as Bitcoin Challenges $64K

Some other catalyst needs to happen before bullish sentiment returns, says one trader.

The Ether Trend Indicator. (CoinDesk Indices)

Markets

Bitcoin Dips Below $62.5K as CoinDesk's BTC Trend Indicator Turns Neutral

CoinDesk Indices' Bitcoin Trend Indicator has been indicating a strong uptrend since last fall.

(CoinDesk Indices)

Markets

Free Money? Polymarket Bet Pays 8.7% if China Doesn't Invade Taiwan

Betting against an invasion on the prediction market may yield almost 7x as much as Taiwan government bonds. Plus: Mideast turmoil barely changes U.S. presidential odds.

Taiwanese currency (Photo: sharyn morrow).

Policy

BTC, ETH Rise as Hong Kong Bitcoin ETF Applicants Say They've Been Approved

The Securities and Futures Commission, Hong Kong's markets regulator, has not made an official announcement.

(Ruslan Bardash/Unsplash)