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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Regulación

Binance Says Gensler Once Offered to Be an 'Informal Advisor'

A letter from Binance’s counsel says that SEC Chair Gary Gensler should be recused from the case, given his history with the exchange and its founder.

Gary Gensler (Third Way/Flickr)

Mercados

Cathie Wood's ARK Buys $21.6M Coinbase Shares as SEC Suit Sends Stock Tumbling

The purchase took ARK Invest's total Coinbase holdings to 11.44 million shares.

Ark Invest's Cathie Woods (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Regulación

U.S. Court Tells SEC to Respond to Coinbase's Rulemaking Petition Within a Week

A U.S. judge has ordered the SEC to respond to Coinbase’s rulemaking petition or explain why it shouldn’t.

Paul Grewal, Chief Legal Officer, Coinbase (CoinDesk)

Mercados

First Mover Asia: Why Did Bitcoin Regain $27K? ‘No One Is Surprised by Gensler’s Actions,’ Crypto CEO Says

ALSO: Why Binance's alleged co-mingling of assets isn't the same as FTX's alleged co-mingling of assets.

SEC Chair Gary Gensler (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Consensus Magazine

If Crypto Wants Institutional Dollars, It Needs an ESG Game Plan: Consensus 2023 Attendees

Attendees at Consensus 2023 argue that the crypto industry should embrace ESG and not hide from it in an excerpt from CoinDesk’s first-ever Consensus @ Consensus Report.

A Consensus 2023 panel discussion. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Mercados

Binance Lawsuit Triggers $700M in Withdrawals; Metaverse Tokens Named by SEC Lead Decline

The unprecedented withdrawals only reflect a small amount of Binance's reserves, according to data from CryptoQuant.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Mercados

First Mover Asia: Why Did Bitcoin Fall to $25.4K? SEC Lawsuit Against Binance Rocks Crypto Markets

ALSO: Lido’s stETH token has become the seventh largest token by market cap, right ahead of Cardano and just behind XRP, according to data from CoinGecko.

Bitcoin daily chart (CoinDesk)

Tecnología

Atomic Wallet Users Hacked for $35M Worth of Bitcoin, Ether, Tether and Other Tokens

Atomic Wallet said Monday that “less than 1%” of its monthly active users were impacted in the weekend breach.

Wallets (RitaE/Pixabay)

Mercados

First Mover Asia: Why Did Bitcoin's Price Hold Above $27K Over the Weekend? Two Analysts Expect Continued Resilience

ALSO: The bitcoin options put/call ratio across exchanges has sunk to 0.47, suggesting that fewer investors are seeking downside protection against price declines than they had prior to the passage of a bill to raise the U.S. debt ceiling.

Bitcoin week-long chart (CoinDesk)

Mercados

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Has Reached 'a General Accumulation Phase': Analyst

ALSO: BTC-20 tokens are pushing toward a $500 million market cap, and data from Glassnode shows that they have been a boon for miners.

Bitcoin daily price chart. (CoinDesk Indexes)