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

SocGen to Introduce EURCV Stablecoin, Picks Flowdesk as Market Maker

The stablecoin, EUR CoinVertible, isn't the first based on the euro, but it does have the backing of Societe Generale, a major European financial institution.

EU considers digital euro (Immo Wegmann/Unsplash)

Markets

BIGTIME, ORDI Tokens Lead Nearly $250M in Altcoin Liquidations

Altcoins futures took a hit Monday as sudden volatility liquidated both longs and shorts, causing unusually high liquidations on some lesser-known tokens.

(Mohan Murugesan/Unsplash)

Markets

Institutional Traders Split Between Bitcoin, Ether: Bybit Research

Numbers from the exchange show institutional traders largely ignored alternative cryptocurrencies in favor of perceived "safe" assets.

Institutional traders are more bullish on bitcoin than alternative cryptocurrencies. (Hans Eiskonen/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Tops $42K as Crypto Market Recovers to Pre-Terra Levels

Ether also rose past $2,200 for the first time in months.

Bitcoin price chart Dec. 4, 2023

Markets

Hong Kong Securities Trade Group Proposes Initial Coin Offering Portal

Hong Kong was once a hub for ICOs until regulators cracked down. But times have changed.

Hong Kong harbor skyline view into Kowloon

Markets

NFT Prices Are Still Lagging Behind Ether's Gains

Ether is up 70% year-to-date, but NFT indexes are still down 16% in dollar terms and 50% when denominated in ether.

Lemon NFT collection. (Lemon OpenSea Website)

Policy

Digital Asset Investment Platform Fasset Wins Operational License in Dubai

The licence will allow Fasset to serve institutional investors, qualified investors and retail investors.

Skyscrapers in Dubai (Kent Tupas/Unsplash)

Policy

Philippines Security Regulator Warns Binance Is Operating Without a License

The regulator is also seeking to have the platform blocked in the country.

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

Markets

Solana Leads Layer-1 Token Gains as Bitcoin Crosses $38K

Crypto market capitalization rose 2.3% in the past 24 hours.

Bitcoin broke above the $38,000 mark early Wednesday. (CoinDesk)

Policy

Genesis-DCG Propose to Settle Lawsuit: Bankruptcy Filing

DCG has paid about $227.3 million to Genesis so far and plans to pay another $275 million it owes by April.

Barry Silbert. CEO & Founder Digital Currency Group (DCG)