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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Mercados

Open Interest in Bitcoin Futures Hits Yearly High of $12B

An uptick in open interest alongside a price rally is said to confirm an uptrend.

La recuperación alcista de bitcoin logró que el interés abierto alcance máximos anuales. (Will Ess para Pixelmind.ai/CoinDesk)

Política

Taiwan’s Crypto Industry Welcomes Regulatory Announcement

The Financial Supervisory Commission’s chairman confirms the island’s top financial watchdog will regulate crypto.

Taipei skyline (Lisanto/Unsplash)

Mercados

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Hovers Over $28K Amid Banking Instability

ALSO: Bitcoin’s surge over the past week reflects a "flight to quality" but liquidity remains an issue.

(Tuomas A. Lehtinen/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk)

Mercados

Wallet Tied to Euler Exploit Sends 100 Ether to Lazarus Group

Lazarus Group was behind the $625 million exploit of Axie Infinity’s Ronin network in March 2022.

Lazarus Group, a cybercrime organization run by the North Korean government, may have links to this week's exploit of Euler Finance. (Micha Brandli/Unsplash)

Mercados

First Mover Asia: Asia Pushes Bitcoin Past $25K

ALSO: The Shibarium community is debating whether a chain using the same chain ID number 917 as the Rinia Testnet amounts to plagiarism or an open-source code that has been recycled.

Arrow Up (Unsplash)

Tecnologia

Plagiarism, Fork or Simple Mistake? Shiba Inu Community Debates the Origin Story of Shibarium

SHIB is down 8% and millions have been unstaked over allegations that the Shibarium code was stolen.

(Getty Images)

Mercados

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Dips Below $25K as Market Worries About Liquidity

ALSO: CoinDesk's Shaurya Malwa writes that higher-than-usual market volatility affected bulls and bears alike as crypto futures racked up $300 million in liquidations over a 24-hour period earlier this week.

Decentralized derivatives platforms have a liquidity problem, Sam Reynolds writes. (Unsplash)

Finanças

KuCoin Has Closed a $10M Funding Round Into CNHC, but Is the Offshore Yuan Right for a Stablecoin?

Circle Ventures, the venture arm of the USDC-issuer, and IDG Capital also joined the round.

China renminbi bills (Moerschy/Pixabay)

Mercados

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Holds Near $25K as Investors Remain Upbeat About Inflation Data, Fed Rate Hikes

ALSO: Two prominent crypto executives suggest the industry must learn from the failings of Signature, Silicon Valley and Silvergate banks if it hopes to develop productive banking relationships.

(Shutterstock)

Finanças

Crypto Must Do Better to Be Banked, Say Industry Executives

The downfall of Silvergate, Signature and Silicon Valley banks have wounded digital assets. But crypto might one day work with big banks if the industry can mature, WAX CEO William Quigley and Maicon CEO Alex Liu suggested.

Brevan Howard Digital was among the backers for Puffer's $5.5 million round. (Pixabay)