Kevin Reynolds

Kevin Reynolds

Kevin Reynolds is editor-in-chief at CoinDesk. Prior to joining the company in mid-2020, Reynolds spent 23 years at Bloomberg, where he won two CEO awards for moving the needle for the entire company and established himself as one of the world's leading experts in real-time financial news. In addition to having done almost every job in the newsroom, Reynolds built, scaled and ran products for every asset class, including First Word, a 250-person global news/analysis service for professional clients, as well as Bloomberg's Speed Desk and the training program that all Bloomberg News hires worldwide are required to take. He also turned around several other operations, including the company's flash headlines desk and was instrumental in the turnaround of Bloomberg's BGOV unit. He shares a patent for a content management system he helped design, is a Certified Scrum Master, and a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. He owns bitcoin, ether, polygon and solana.

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Crypto Industry's Growing Sway in Shaping US States' Laws: NY Times
The article, the second deep dive into crypto by the newspaper in the last month, highlights mainstream media's increased coverage of the space.
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Binance Gets In-Principle Approval to Operate as Crypto Broker-Dealer in Abu Dhabi
The crypto exchange is seeking to be a fully regulated virtual asset service provider throughout the Middle East and beyond.
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Binance Partially Resumes Deposits, Withdrawals on Ronin Network as Hack Recovery Continues
Gaming-focused Ronin on Tuesday disclosed a loss of more than $625 million in USDC and ether.
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US Firms Providing Custody Services Should Account for Crypto Assets as Liability, Disclose Risk, SEC Says
The guidance would apply to U.S.-listed exchanges and other firms providing cryptocurrency services and holding digital assets on behalf of clients.
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Ukrainian Government Receives Nearly $10M in Crypto Donations After Russian Invasion
The Ethereum wallet listed by the government has received almost $10 million in crypto so far.
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Walmart Preparing a Metaverse Push, Trademark Filings Show
The retail giant may also be planning to create its own cryptocurrency and NFTs.
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India Prime Minister Suffers Another Twitter Hack; Fake Tweet Sent Promising Bitcoin to All Indians
The attack followed one in autumn 2020 that was part of a widespread hack used to trick social media users to send cryptocurrency to the attackers.
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US Senate Banking Panel Head Seeks More Information About Stablecoins From Issuers, Exchanges
The move comes after a recent report highlighted stablecoins’ potential risks to consumers, investors and the financial system as a whole.
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Indian Government Submits Bill to Ban Most Cryptocurrencies, Dashing Hopes for Friendlier Measure
While the bill might be the same as the draft submitted in January, expectations had grown that the government would submit a final version that would be accommodative to cryp...
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President Bukele Announced That El Salvador Plans to Build 'Bitcoin City'
El Salvador to Create ‘Bitcoin City,’ Use $500M of Planned $1B Bond Offering to Buy More Crypto
The issuance of the tokenized bond, which was developed by Blockstream, will be processed by Bitfinex.
President Bukele Announced That El Salvador Plans to Build 'Bitcoin City'