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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Crypto Staking Platform Freeway Halts Withdrawals, Citing Market Volatility

The small-cap platform that promised users up to 43% in annual awards puts the brakes on withdrawals and scrubs its team from the site.

By Sam Reynolds

Oct 24, 2022 at 2:30 a.m. UTC

Oct 24, 2022

Decentralized FinanceDeFi

Markets

First mover

First Mover Asia: US Continues to Give Itself a Supranational Mandate Via State Security Agencies; Bitcoin Sees Slight Rebound, Ether Flat

Why is it that U.S. states can continue to enforce their law around the world?

By Sam Reynolds James Rubin

Oct 24, 2022 at 12:14 a.m. UTC

Oct 24, 2022

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Markets

First mover

First Mover Asia: Solana’s Anatoly Yakovenko Thinks His Phone Is the Tool for a Mobile Web3 Experience

The Solana protocol faces a massive challenge in convincing people to use its phone to do things they can do with existing phones.

By Sam Reynolds Bradley Keoun

Oct 20, 2022 at 11:58 p.m. UTC

Oct 20, 2022

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Finance

Decentralized finance

Developers Excluded From Broker Label in New DCCPA Bill Draft

Stakeholders say that this latest draft of the bill tempers language that would be detrimental to DeFi.

By Sam Reynolds

Oct 20, 2022 at 2:50 a.m. UTC

Oct 20, 2022

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Finance

Aptos

Aptos Token Plunges in Trading Debut

FTX, Coinbase and Binance were among the first exchanges to list the buzzy new layer 1 token.

By Danny Nelson Sam Reynolds

Oct 19, 2022 at 5:05 a.m. UTC

Oct 19, 2022

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Markets

First mover

First Mover Asia: All Eyes on Aptos; Cryptos Trade Down Even as Stocks Rise

Aptos is launching at a time when the only concerns about the price of gas involve petroleum, not the virtual metaphor; bitcoin held comfortably above its recent $19,000 suppo...

By James Rubin Sam Reynolds

Oct 19, 2022 at 2:43 a.m. UTC

Oct 19, 2022

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Markets

Metaverse

DappRadar Says Decentraland has 650 Daily Active Users

DappRadar now tracks 3,553 Decentraland smart contracts across Ethereum and Polygon.

By Sam Reynolds

Oct 18, 2022 at 9:46 a.m. UTC

Oct 18, 2022

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Tech

Aptos

FTX-, A16z-Backed Aptos Blockchain Is Off to a Sluggish Start

Transaction speeds and tokenomics disappoint on the first day of transactions for the ‘Solana killer’ chain run by ex-Meta employees. Can this protocol gain the trust of inves...

By Sam Reynolds

Oct 18, 2022 at 5:01 a.m. UTC

Oct 18, 2022

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Markets

First mover

First Mover Asia: Macau’s Digital Currency Embrace Could Be a Nightmare for Its Casino Industry; Bitcoin Points Upward

The Special Administrative Region passed a bill that would create a legal framework for accepting digital currency, but would also allow China to monitor Chinese nationals vis...

By Sam Reynolds James Rubin

Oct 17, 2022 at 11:24 p.m. UTC

Oct 17, 2022

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Markets

First mover

First Mover Asia: A Pan-Asian Digital Currency? Good Luck Getting Rivals to Cooperate; Cryptos Hold Steady in Weekend Trading

Chinese researchers say such an initiative would increase monetary cooperation and reduce dependency on the U.S. dollar, but that probably isn’t what different countries want....

By Sam Reynolds James Rubin

Oct 17, 2022 at 12:15 a.m. UTC

Oct 17, 2022

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