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

Who Will Trump Pick for Veep? Polymarket Gives Tim Scott Best Odds: Prediction Markets

Plus: Free money? "Democrat wins New York" contract trades at 90 cents on the dollar.

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

Markets

Crypto Market in Zen Mode as Bitcoin Remains Stable at $70K Ahead of Halving

All eyes are on the upcoming Bitcoin halving event.

zen, stone. (Shutterstock)

Tech

Solana Foundation Says It Can Filter Through the Offensive Meme Coin Problem

Panelists at a BUIDL Asia summit argue racist meme coins can be handled with a filter.

A standing Austin Federa talks on stage at BUIDL Asia 2024

Policy

Canadian Province Asks QuadrigaCX Co-Founder to Explain His Wealth in New Order

This is the third test for the Province's new tool to combat money laundering

Interior of the British Columbia court building in Vancouver, B.C (Wpcpey/Wikimedia Commons)

Tech

Vitalik Buterin Takes a Dig at the Metaverse, Calls It a Branding Ploy

Metaverse tokens have a $18 billion market cap, but we're not quite at Ready Player One yet.

Vitalik Buterin speaks at BUIDL Asia in Seoul on March 27, 2024 (screenshot)

Tech

How Many Years Will SBF Get? Jury's Out on Betting Platform Polymarket

Plus: Tesla's delivery numbers will fall short of record, Kalshi traders signal; "Ghostbusters" fandom underestimated.

Blockchain's fortune tellers have no more a crystal ball than in any other sphere of life. But these predictions are as good as any. (Francis Hayman/Metropolitan Museum of Art, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin, Ether in the Green as Global Easing Cycle Begins

Over $100 million in bitcoin and ether shorts have been liquidated over the past 24 hours.

(CoinDesk Indicies)

Markets

Bitcoin Tests $66K as Analysts Expect More Volatility Before Calm

The market might take a breather this weekend, says Singapore's QCP Capital.

(CoinDesk Indicies)

Markets

Meet the Woman Behind Solana Hit Meme Coin ‘Doland Tremp’

The newly-formed PoliFi category is all about memes and laughs, while making a few bucks along the way, say the team behind the TREMP token.

(Tremp.xyz)

Policy

Binance Asks Prime Brokers to Enhance KYC to Block U.S. Nationals: Bloomberg

The presence of U.S. nationals on the platform has been a contentious issue for authorities as, officially, they are banned but continue to pop up.

Binance's CZ (Twitter/Modified by CoinDesk)