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

Logan Paul Named in Proposed Class-Action Suit for CryptoZoo ‘Rug Pull’ After CoffeeZilla Expose

A lawsuit filed in in Texas alleges fraud, breach of contract, unjust enrichment, violation of deceptive trade practice law and negligence over a token sale for a Web3 game that never materialized.

Logan Paul (Getty Images)

Finance

Sam Bankman-Fried Negotiating Bail Conditions: Court Filing

Bankman-Fried’s current bail conditions bar contact with current or former employees of FTX and Alameda Research, something the disgraced founder is alleged to be doing.

FTX Sam Bankman-Fried arrest press in December (U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York)

Finance

Crypto Miner Pow.re Raises $9.2M Series A at $150M Valuation

Montreal-headquartered mining firm specializes in operating from locations with stranded power.

(Midjourney/CoinDesk)

Markets

ARK Invest Maintains Prediction Bitcoin Price Will Hit $1M by 2030

A new report by Cathie Wood’s growth-focused fund outlines how bitcoin continues to outperform every other major asset class.

Cathie Wood, CEO de Ark Invest. (Marco Bello/Getty Images)

Finance

Voyager Creditors Reject Alameda’s Attempt to Recover $446M

The creditors’ rejection follows a veto by Voyager itself.

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Markets

First Mover Asia: Lido DAO Governance Token Down, Staked Ether Stable as Withdrawal Proposal Comes Into Focus; Bitcoin Rises as Fed Rate Decision Nears

While the DAO has yet to formally see the Lido proposal to allow withdrawals from stETH, Galaxy Digital has already been critical. The Lido governance token has fallen about 15% from its high last week week.

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Markets

First Mover Asia: Centralized Exchange Tokens Post Solid Gains in January Despite SEC Interest; Bitcoin, Ether in the Red.

The tokens of Binance, Crypto.com and KuCoin are all comfortably in the green over the past month.

(Erik Mclean/Unsplash)

Markets

First Mover Asia: Amazon’s Web3 Foray Will Be a Compliance Nightmare; Bitcoin Tops $23.9K

The retail giant’s initiative, especially in NFTs, may force some regulatory clarity for digital assets. Cryptos surge in Sunday trading.

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Markets

First Mover Asia: Cryptos Shrug Off Latest US Productivity, Jobs Data; Bitcoin Hovers at $22.9K

ALSO: Sam Reynolds considers litecoin's strong performance over the past year compared to bitcoin and ether. The first altcoin has been operating largely out of the spotlight.

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Markets

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Surges Past $23K Before Retreating

ALSO: Sam Reynolds writes that Microsoft cutting its mixed reality team underlines large tech firms's struggles to succeed in the augmented and virtual reality space. Will Apple do better?

Staking crypto (Jay Radhakrishnan/Getty Images)