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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Finance

Bitcoin Is Coming to Sushi as DeFi Platform Expands to ZetaChain

The move allows users to access the liquidity of bitcoin on decentralized finance (DeFi) without going through intermediaries like wrappers.

(Unsplash)

Markets

'Cryptocurrencies Have Failed the Test of Digital Money,' MAS' Managing Director Says

Ravi Menon, the Managing Director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, said crypto has performed poorly as a medium of exchange or store of value.

Ravi_Menon

Finance

Sora's First Summit Brought Sam Bankman-Fried to Hong Kong. Now, Its Eyes Are on Taipei

Jason Fang and Sora Ventures have opened up shop with a marquee office in Taipei 101, and want to revolutionize science with the bitcoin blockchain.

(Sora)

Finance

Blockchain.com Closes $110M Raise: Bloomberg

The exchange's valuation in the $110 million round was less than half of its previous $14 billion valuation, according to the report.

Blockchain.com CEO Peter Smith in 2015 (CoinDesk archive)

Markets

Grayscale Discount Continues to Narrow as Spot Bitcoin, Ether ETF Euphoria Works Through Markets

Prices on the majors stabilized after a rally at the end of the U.S. trading week, while the crypto winter continues to thaw in every part of the market from bitcoin to ether and DEXs.

Michael Sonnenshein (CoinDesk)

Web3

Here's Why GTA VI Probably Won't Have a Crypto Component

Rumors are persistent that the next Grand Theft Auto will have a GameFi element. Lawyers aren't so sure, but there's a catch.

Grand Theft Auto logo (GTA website)

Web3

Yuga Labs Confirms UVA-A Emitting Lights Cause of ApeFest Eye Issues

Numerous participants exhibited signs of photokeratitis, an ailment resulting from ultraviolet (UV) light exposure, after last weekend's event.

The original Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT collection features right-facing cartoon apes. (Yuga Labs)

Markets

Bitcoin Tops $36K as 'ETFs Not Yet Priced in'

Bitwise's CIO sees future upside to bitcoin's price as the world's largest digital asset has 30% this month.

Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan (Suzanne Cordiero/CoinDesk/Shutterstock)

Web3

OpenSea Investor Coatue Cuts NFT Marketplace's Valuation by 90%: Report

Coatue also marked down its stake in MoonPay by 90%

Bored Ape Yacht Club #3001 (OpenSea, modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

Ben 'Bitboy' Armstrong Calls Himself a Victim in Latest Court Filing

The lawsuit claims former colleagues took control of Armstrong's account on X.com "for the express purpose of publicly harassing, embarrassing, and intimidating" him.

Ben Armstrong (Ben Armstrong/YouTube)