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

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Bitcoin's 'Coinbase Premium' Muted Amid Reports Trump Plans to Designate Crypto a National Policy

BTC trades at a slight discount on Coinbase relative to Binance, data from CryptoQuant show.

Donald Trump (BarBus/Pixabay)

Consensus Hong Kong 2025 Coverage

Hashed's Simon Kim Says AI Has a 'Black Box' Problem

Centralized AI is opaque, centralized, and a huge burden for intellectual property owners. Here's how he thinks blockchain fixes this.

Simon Kim

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Analysis: Prediction Markets Have a Gambling Problem

Academics get it: prediction markets aren't gambling because the house doesn't always win. But regulators around the world have differing opinions – and Polymarket is feeling the heat.

(Donald Trump Jnr. who recently became an advisor to Kalshi.)

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Singapore Blocks Polymarket, Following Taiwan and France

The city-state's Gambling Regulatory Authority tells local ISPs to stop access to the leading prediction market.

Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan (Polymarket)

Consensus Hong Kong 2025 Coverage

Aethir's Mark Rydon: Decentralizing AI Computing

Aethir's co-founder, a speaker at Consensus Hong Kong, explains why the company pivoted its GPU network away from gaming to AI compute.

Mark Rydon, Aethir

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Trudeau's Departure in Canada Opens Possibilities for Crypto

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he'd step down as prime minister and his party's leader, opening the chance for a crypto supporter to replace him.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

Consensus Hong Kong 2025 Coverage

Animoca Brands' Yat Siu: 2025 Will Be the Year Crypto Goes Mainstream

Crypto will reach a turning point when it becomes as useful for companies as the internet became in the 1990s, argues Animoca Brands' co-founder.

Yat Siu, co-founder of Animoca Brands at Consensus 2023 (CoinDesk)

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Polymarket Bettors Are Confident Justin Trudeau Will Resign by Friday

Duelling scoops from two of Canada's largest newspapers put Trudeau's departure as early as Monday, but Polymarket bettors aren't so sure it'll come that early.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a 2017 Pride Parade (Joy Real/Unsplash)

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Ripple's Garlinghouse Touts ‘Trump Effect’ Amid Bump in U.S. Deals

This shift in focus towards the US market is part of Ripple's response to the "Trump effect," which is believed to be making crypto more favorable in the US.

Brad Garlinghouse, the CEO of Ripple Labs (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Tron's T3 Financial Crime Fighting Unit Hits $100M in Frozen USDT

The unit is a joint venture between Tron, TRM Labs and Tether.

landscape of frozen ice blocks