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

Latest from Sam Reynolds


Markets

Circle Highlights Surge in USDC Use for Asia Remittances in New Report

Since its introduction in 2018, the USDC stablecoin has been used to settle over $12 trillion in blockchain transactions, the company has said.

Jeremy Allaire, CEO of Circle (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Outflows Hit Six-Year Highs Ahead of Halving, Sparking Mixed Signals

CryptoQuant data shows that miners are moving bitcoin to exchanges, likely because of a need to build more liquidity in anticipation of higher capital expenditures.

ASIC Miners (Sandali Handagama/CoinDesk)

Policy

South Korean Financial Regulator Says U.S. Bitcoin ETFs May Violate Local Law

Further review and consideration regarding crypto ETFs is planned, the regulator says.

(Daniel Bernard/ Unsplash)

Policy

Do Kwon Tries to Delay SEC’s Terraform Trial so He Can Attend

The former CEO of Terra is being held in Montenegro after being caught in Podgorica's airport with falsified documents.

Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon (CoinDesk TV)

Markets

Bitcoin ETF Approval Marks Conclusion of a Decade-Long Journey

Much has changed since the Winklevoss filed unsuccessfully for the first Bitcoin ETF in July 2013.

Gemini founders Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss (Steven Ferdman/Getty Images)

Markets

BTC Supply in Profit Nears 90% as Price Rallies on Expected Bitcoin ETF Approval

Just under half of the bitcoin supply was in profit at the start of last year.

(John Angel/Unsplash)

Markets

Crypto OTC Volumes on Wintermute Soared 400% in 2023

The market maker said the uptick in over-the-counter trading was due to volumes moving off-exchange.

OTC volumes in 2023. (Wintermute)

Markets

Bitcoin Decouples From Nasdaq Amid ETF Speculation

The 40-day correlation between the two has declined to zero.

(Kevin Ku/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Could Retract to $36K Before Uptrend Resumes, QCP Capital Says

In a recent note, the Singapore-based digital assets trading firm said expects topside resistance for bitcoin in the $45k-$48.5K region.

Bull and Bear (nosheep/Pixabay)

Markets

BlackRock, Nasdaq, SEC Met Regarding Bitcoin ETF

This is the second meeting in a month between the parties about rule changes required to list the bitcoin ETF.

BlackRock's corporate office in New York, New York. (Jim.henderson/Wikimedia Commons)