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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Tech

Crypto Money Laundering Dropped 30% Last Year, Chainalysis Says

Illicit addresses sent $22.2 billion in cryptocurrency to services in 2023, a decrease from $31.5 billion in 2022.

Morgan Creek Digital to raise up to $500M for new Web3 venture capital fund. (Jason Leung/Unsplash)

Tech

U.S. Cyber Authorities Investigate 'Binance Trust Wallet' iOS App for Vulnerabilities

The wallet has been the victim of multiple cyber attacks during 2023.

Two large stacked blocks displaying Binance's logo at a trade show.

Markets

BitTorrent's BTT Surges 12% as Owner Tron Completes TRX Burn

BitTorrent's BTT token is issued on Tron, and continues to surge on the network's positive news.

Justin Sun (CoinDeskTV)

Markets

Sandbox’s SAND Slides, ApeCoin Steady Ahead of $125M in Unlocks

Token unlocks refer to the release of previously locked or restricted tokens into the market.

Token unlocks are usually bearish events, increasing a token's supply.(FLY:D/Unsplash)

Markets

Risk Assets Like Bitcoin Are Defying Low Fed Rate Cut Expectations: Analyst

An interest rate cut isn't likely on the table, but risk assets are doing just fine

Fed Chair Jay Powell is set to speak after the central bank held policy steady (Helene Braun/CoinDesk)

Markets

Michael Saylor Believes Demand for Bitcoin Products Is 10x the Supply

MicroStrategy co-founder and executive chairman says his company is re-branding as a bitcoin development company during CNBC interview.

MicroStrategy Executive Director Michael Saylor (CoinDesk)

Markets

Peter Thiel Made $200M Investment in BTC, ETH Before Bull Run: Reuters

A source said that the investment was split evenly between the two digital assets.

Peter Thiel holding cash (Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Markets

New Zealand Central Banker Adrian Orr Says Stablecoins Aren’t Stable: Report

The central banker said fiat money is more credible than stablecoins because it has the power of government behind it.

Auckland, New Zealand (Dan Freeman/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin ETFs Flows Could Propel BTC Prices to $112K This Year: CryptoQuant

Spot bitcoin ETFs have amassed more than 192,000 bitcoin in holdings, as of Friday, since their launch nearly a month ago.

The ability to transfer all PYUSD user funds into PayPal may leave crypto natives hesitant to adopt the stablecoin. Oliver Buchmann/Unsplash)

Markets

DeFi Platform Pendle Nears $1B in Total Value Locked

Pendle crossed the $100 million TVL mark in mid-June 2023.

Pendle TVL. (DeFiLlama)