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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Housecat Raises $3.4M to Help Bridge DeFi, Investment Management
Ville Vesterinen, CEO and co-founder, calls it the “Substack of asset management” with a crypto twist.
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Screenshot from Legacy, a title by Gala Games (CoinDesk)
GALA Jumps 20%, Leads Metaverse Index Gains
The gains came on the back of a $5 billion investment plan announcement by Gala Games and other major deal and event news.
Screenshot from Legacy, a title by Gala Games (CoinDesk)
Piyush Gupta, chief executive officer of DBS Group Holdings. (DBS)
DBS Plans to Launch Retail Digital Assets Trading Desk by Year End
DBS CEO Piyush Gupta says there’s a lot of work to be done, but the bank expects platform to be live by end of 2022.
Piyush Gupta, chief executive officer of DBS Group Holdings. (DBS)
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Vietnam-Based Summoners Arena Raises $3M
The funding round for the video game developer was led by Pantera Capital.
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Samir Arora (Glam Media via Wikimedia Commons)
Apple Alum-Led Kyro Digital Raises $10M in Series A Funding
Decasonic, Drive Capital and Fenbushi Capital provided strategic investments, as did native crypto venture funds associated with the Avalanche, Polygon and Tezos chains.
Samir Arora (Glam Media via Wikimedia Commons)
Algorand signage inside the Drone Racing League arena. (DRL)
Algorand Foundation Appoints JPMorgan, Nasdaq Alum Staci Warden as CEO
Warden replaces Sean Lee at the payments-focused blockchain.
Algorand signage inside the Drone Racing League arena. (DRL)
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele (CoinDesk Archive)
Fitch Downgrades El Salvador to CCC Weeks Before Bitcoin Bond Issue
The firm cites concerns over the country's ability to service debt, its concentration of power in the presidency and adoption of bitcoin as legal tender.
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele (CoinDesk Archive)
Brian Lu, partner at IVC (IVC)
Infinity Ventures Crypto Closes $70M Fund
IVC wants to bridge the east and west in Web 3 without getting too big and bulky, says partner Brian Lu.
Brian Lu, partner at IVC (IVC)
Global communication network on a glowing particle world map. (Yuichiro Chino via Getty Images)
Ethereum Name Service Removes Core Team Member Brantly Millegan Over 2016 Tweet
A tweet from Nick Johnson, founder and lead developer of ENS, confirmed Millegan has been removed from both the DAO and as director of operations of True Names Ltd.
Global communication network on a glowing particle world map. (Yuichiro Chino via Getty Images)
An HTC Vive Pro 2 Headset (HTC)
VR Headset Maker HTC Safe From Meta’s Stock Wipeout
The manufacturer of the Vive VR headset opened trading in Taipei up 5% after the Lunar New Year break.
An HTC Vive Pro 2 Headset (HTC)