Sam Reynolds

Sam Reynolds

Sam Reynolds is a senior reporter with CoinDesk's markets team in Asia based in Taipei. He's previously reported for Blockworks and Forkast News. Prior to a career in crypto journalism he was a technology and semiconductor analyst with IDC's research team and has appeared on BBC and Bloomberg. He holds a small amount of BTC and ETH.

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Binance's largest market is China, despite the crypto ban in the country. (Pixabay)
Binance's Largest Market is China: WSJ
China is Binance’s largest market, amounting to 20% of worldwide volume
Binance's largest market is China, despite the crypto ban in the country. (Pixabay)
Bitcoin monthly chart. (CoinDesk Indices)
First Mover Asia: Asia Stocks Open Soft, Bitcoin Jumps Past $30K on MicroStrategy Filing and Despite Fitch Treasury Downgrade
PLUS: Bitcoin dominance sagged in July, absent a compelling BTC catalyst, and as altcoins seemed to benefit from a partial Ripple court victory.
Bitcoin monthly chart. (CoinDesk Indices)
Sam Bankman-Fried (right) exits a Manhattan courtroom on July 26, 2023. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)
Is Sam Bankman-Fried Tied to a New Apparent Crypto Scam Called BALD?
On-chain data shows bald's deployer contract has interacted with Alameda-linked wallets and was an active DeFi participant in the early days.
Sam Bankman-Fried (right) exits a Manhattan courtroom on July 26, 2023. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)
Circling the drain downwards spiral (Shutterstock)
LeetSwap Halts Trading After $630K Drained From Liquidity Pairs
Coinbase’s Layer 2 blockchain has another problem on its hands.
Circling the drain downwards spiral (Shutterstock)
New FTX CEO John J. Ray III (C-Span)
FTX Plans to Restart Crypto Exchange for International Customers
Proposed re-organization plan provides a pathway for a specific class of debtors to pool assets to create a new, offshore exchange.
New FTX CEO John J. Ray III (C-Span)
Bitcoin weekly chart. (CoinDesk Indices)
First Mover Asia: BTC, ETH Stable While COMP and AAVE in the Red
Curve Founder Michael Egorov's $168M in holdings is under stress, imperiling DeFi as a whole. PLUS: The Litecoin Foundation and crypto cold-storage card manufacturer Ballet HAVE teased a sale of 500 collectable cards – fashioned from 50 grams of fine silver.
Bitcoin weekly chart. (CoinDesk Indices)
Victoria Harbor, Hong Kong (Unsplash)
HSBC-Owned Hang Seng Bank Limits Crypto Companies to ‘Simple’ Accounts: Report
The report comes as Hong Kong’s Monetary Authority (HKMA) reminds banks that there is no ban on offering crypto companies accounts.
Victoria Harbor, Hong Kong (Unsplash)
Wormhole Network Exploiter Leverage Trades (Clint Patterson/Unsplash)
Upbit Halts CRV Withdrawal and Deposit After Curve Finance Exploit
Other exchanges say they are monitoring the situation closely but have not taken any action.
Wormhole Network Exploiter Leverage Trades (Clint Patterson/Unsplash)
Bitcoin daily chart. (CoinDesk Indices)
Bitcoin Teeters Around $29.2K as Crypto Markets Slide Amid Curve Exploit, SEC Clampdown on Hex
BTC hovered comfortably over $29,300 for much of the weekend but dropped in the hours after Curve Finance tweeted that it had suffered a breach.
Bitcoin daily chart. (CoinDesk Indices)
Bitcoin weekly chart. (CoinDesk Indices)
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Climbs Back to $29.4K; Crypto's Correlation With Tech May Return
An exploit of stablecoin exchange Curve Sunday could jeopardize more than $100 million in cryptocurrency. PLUS: What's behind Russia's mining boom?
Bitcoin weekly chart. (CoinDesk Indices)