Sam Reynolds

Senior Reporter, Asia

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.

Latest from Sam Reynolds

Markets

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Rises, Cryptos Savor FOMC Data

ALSO: Japanese gaming company Square Enix’s commitment to invest in Web3 initiatives is rare in a country in which regulations about anything that seems like gambling are daunting.

Jan 5, 2023

Finance

NFT Research Tool NFT Inspect Is Shutting Down

The move comes as sales and trading volumes of non-fungible tokens plummet.

Jan 4, 2023

Markets

First Mover Asia: Why Is Tron Founder Justin Sun Keeping Some of His Coins in Valkyrie Digital Assets?

ALSO: Bitcoin spent a low-key 14th birthday, trading almost precisely in the same narrow range it's held since mid-December; other cryptos traded sideways, although SOL rose 22% to continue its nearly week-long surge.

Jan 4, 2023

Cartel del fundador de Tron, Justin Sun. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Genesis-DCG Loan Leads to Class-Action Arbitration Case From Gemini Clients

Claimants allege in a filing that Genesis breached its Master Agreement when it became insolvent in the summer of 2022, while hiding its insolvency from lenders like Gemini.

Jan 3, 2023

Markets

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Celebrates the New Year With Old Pricing, Holds Steady at $16.7K

ALSO: CoinDesk's Sam Reynolds explains why crypto exchange token prices continue to respond to news events and not what the SEC and other regulators might do.

Jan 2, 2023

Policy

Reguladores de Bahamas retienen US$3500M en activos de clientes de FTX

Las preocupaciones sobre la seguridad de los activos bajo custodia del exchange impulsaron a los reguladores de las Bahamas a intervenir, informó un comunicado.

Dec 30, 2022