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

TrueUSD’s Reserves Were Attested by Former FTX.US Accounting Team

Armanino’s digital asset team rebranded itself to The Network Firm, as CoinDesk reported, to continue performing audits and attestations after the collapse of FTX.

(Pixabay)

Finance

Voyager to Pay $1.1M Legal Fees for April

Some of the firm’s attorneys billed Voyager upwards of $150,000 for their work during the month.

Voyager Digital's bankrupcy has left creditors in the lurch. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Maintains $30K as ‘the Economy Isn’t Breaking Just Yet’

ALSO: Singapore ranked second in CoinDesk's Crypto Hubs survey. The city state raised billions through IPOs, weathered the collapse of homegrown darlings Terraform Labs and Three Arrows Capital and is now searching for the right regulatory balance to encourage crypto without getting burned again.

Bitcoin 4-hour chart. (CoinDesk Indices)

Markets

Circle’s Allaire Says Bitcoin ETFs Likely to Be Approved: Bloomberg

Allaire spoke with Bloomberg at the World Economic Forum in Tianjin, China.

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

Markets

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Could Experience Price Turbulence as $30K Is Tested

ALSO: Venture capitalists and others have abandoned blockchain for the seemingly greener pastures of AI, but they may be falling for the hype of a technology that has yet to prove itself substantially.

Bitcoin daily chart (CoinDesk)

Markets

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Opens the Week Above $30K Amid Rising Investor Optimism

ALSO: Ripple Asia's policy lead praises Japan’s crypto laws that favor consumer protection. Rahul Advani said that the country has created "a very clear taxonomy for digital assets."

Bitcoin daily chart. (CoinDesk Indices)

Tech

Algorand Cuts Block Time After New Upgrade

The protocol upgrade includes several improvements intended to make application development faster and more cost-efficient.

Algorand founder Silvio Micali speaks at Crypto Bahamas 2022. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

Ripple Obtains In-Principle Approval for Major Payments Institution License in Singapore

Authorities in Singapore have awarded 190 Major Payment Institution Licenses, with 11 going to Digital Payment Token companies.

Singapore, view of Marina Bay with Gardens By The Bay manmade trees in the background (SoleneC1/Pixabay)

Finance

Crypto Sites Are Naming Fake Dispute Resolution Organizations: Canada’s Securities Regulator

Most organizations the regulator mentions have little or no online presence and, with one exception, aren’t working with any major crypto platforms.

Canada's regulatory situation is both clear and more conservative than in the U.S. (Sebastiaan Stam/Unsplash)

Markets

Invesco Reapplies for Bitcoin ETF, Advocates for More Crypto Investment Products

Invesco first filed for a Bitcoin ETF in the fall of 2021, but has since re-applied in light of BlackRock’s application.

BitcoinETF: What Comes Next?