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Sam Reynolds

Sam Reynolds

Sam Reynolds is a senior reporter based in Taipei. 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
Gala
Gaming Token Gala Stabilizes as Company Says Security Incident 'Contained'
Someone minted 5 billion GALA tokens and then sold them on decentralized exchange Uniswap.
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By Danny NelsonSam Reynolds
May 20, 2024 at 9:13 p.m. UTC
May 20, 2024
Gala
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Gage Skidmore)
News Analysis
Analysis
Will RFK Jr. Debate Trump or Biden? Probably Not, Prediction Market Says
Plus: Which cat-themed memecoin will hit $1 billion first?
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Gage Skidmore)
By Sam ReynoldsShaurya Malwa
May 20, 2024 at 1:31 p.m. UTC
May 20, 2024
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(CoinDesk Indices)
Markets
Ether
Ether, Bitcoin Open Asia Trading Week Flat as ETH ETF Decision, Nvidia Earnings Loom
The market has priced in a rejection for the first set of Ethereum ETFs, but there are reasons to be optimistic about an approval next year, says one fund manager.
(CoinDesk Indices)
By Sam Reynolds
May 20, 2024 at 7:02 a.m. UTC
May 20, 2024
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Genesis' bankruptcy plans are being opposed by Gemini and others (Spencer Wing/Pixabay)
Markets
Genesis
Genesis Set to Return $3B Customer Assets in Finalized Bankruptcy Liquidation Plan
Bankruptcy claims began trading at 35% of account balance value when they were initially listed on claim trading marketplace Xclaim.
Genesis' bankruptcy plans are being opposed by Gemini and others (Spencer Wing/Pixabay)
By Sam Reynolds
May 20, 2024 at 5:47 a.m. UTC
May 20, 2024
GenesisDCGDigital Currency Group
(CoinDesk Indices)
Markets
Fantom
Fantom Outperforms CoinDesk 20 Over Past Week as TVL Jumps
FTM has gained 13% in the last week, and total value locked in Fantom briefly hit $200 million.
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By Sam Reynolds
May 17, 2024 at 7:43 a.m. UTC
May 17, 2024
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Finance
Sexual assault
Eclipse Labs Promotes Vijay Chetty to CEO Nearly a Week After Neel Somani's Ouster
Neel Somani, the founder and CEO of Eclipse Labs, stepped down after sexual assault allegations recently surfaced.
Lunar eclipse (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
By Sam Reynolds
May 16, 2024 at 5:48 a.m. UTC
May 16, 2024
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Hong Kong (Ruslan Bardash / Unsplash)
Finance
Huobi
Huobi Hong Kong Withdraws License Application for the Second Time
HBGL Hong Kong Limited, the entity behind Huobi Hong Kong, first withdrew and then re-submitted its application for a Hong Kong VATP license in February.
Hong Kong (Ruslan Bardash / Unsplash)
By Sam Reynolds
May 15, 2024 at 10:18 a.m. UTC
May 15, 2024
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Finance
Meme coins
Degen Chain Back Online After Two-Day Hiatus
The layer-3 blockchain for meme coins was offline for over 50 hours.
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By Sam Reynolds
May 15, 2024 at 9:47 a.m. UTC
May 15, 2024
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Ryan Salame leaving a New York courthouse on Sept. 7, 2023. (Sam Kessler/CoinDesk)
Policy
Ftx
Former FTX Exec Ryan Salame Asks for Lenient 18 Months in Prison
Salame's attorneys highlight that he wasn't involved in the core fraud perpetuated by Sam Bankman-Fried, and he has had nearly his entire net worth destroyed by the implosion...
Ryan Salame leaving a New York courthouse on Sept. 7, 2023. (Sam Kessler/CoinDesk)
By Sam Reynolds
May 15, 2024 at 5:46 a.m. UTC
May 15, 2024
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Finance
Coinbase
Coinbase Resumes Operations After 3-Hour Outage
Some users may still be experiencing a "degraded" service, the exchange said.
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By Sam Reynolds
May 14, 2024 at 5:33 a.m. UTC
May 14, 2024
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