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

First Digital Unveils USD Stablecoin as Hong Kong Crypto Rules Kick In

The stablecoin is issued by a registered trust owned by First Digital.

Hong Kong (Unsplash)

Policy

U.S. Criminal Charges Against Sam Bankman-Fried Don’t Warrant Dismissal, Prosecutors Say

Lawyers for the disgraced FTX executive filed pre-trial motions in early May to dismiss most of the charges on technicalities or procedural issues.

Sam Bankman-Fried leaving court on February 16, 2023 (Liz Napolitano/CoinDesk)

Markets

First Mover Asia: Does Crypto’s Success Depend on the Upcoming Presidential Election?

ALSO: The Commitment of Traders report shows that asset managers have increased their open long positions in bitcoin after falling in the two prior weeks.

The White House, Washington, D.C. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Tech

Arbitrum Based Jimbos Protocol Scurries for Revival After $7M Exploit

Version 2 of Jimbos protocol was attacked over the weekend for $7.3 million, just days after going live.

Cypher Protocol suffers exploit (Clint Patterson/Unsplash)

Finance

Singapore's Temasek to Exercise Caution in Crypto Space After FTX Nightmare

Temasek wrote down the entirety of its investment in FTX in November.

Singapore-based Vauld now has protection from its creditor until Jan. 20.  (Shutterstock)

Markets

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Rises Past $28K on Debt Ceiling Deal

ALSO: A Chinese governmental agency released a paper over the weekend that outlined suggestions for China's Web3 policy, but it didn't broach must new ground. Still, the paper represented progress for a country that is keen to write the next generation of technology standards

(Pixabay)

Markets

Ether Balance on Exchanges Nears All-Time Low

The drop comes as the number of staked ether has surged.

Ethereum (ethereum.org)

Markets

Milady NFTs Get Dogecoin Treatment as Prices Retrace Days After Elon Musk Tweet

Top holders of LADYs meme coins are sitting on unrealized profits worth millions of dollars.

Milady 8835 last sold for 0.35 ETH (about $1,000) on OpenSea. (Remilia, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Holding Pattern Continues as Lawmakers Make Progress in Debt Limit Negotiations

ALSO: Graphics chip manufacturer Nvidia's powerful GPUs were well-suited for bitcoin mining but they now seem primed to boost the company's sales because of their usefulness in artificial intelligence technology.

US Capital building (Matt Anderson/Getty Images)