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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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Markets

Bitcoin

Bitcoin Traders Eye $55K Amid U.S. Stocks Sell-off, XRP Leads Losses in Major Cryptos

Traditional markets from the U.S. to Japan saw declines across major indexes and stocks, with the tremors seeping into the cryptocurrency market.

By Shaurya Malwa Sam Reynolds

Aug 2, 2024 at 7:36 a.m. UTC

Aug 2, 2024

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Finance

Compound

'Golden Boys' Move on CompoundDAO Wasn't a Governance Attack: Tally Protocol CEO

Sitting on the sidelines during the democratic process means you can't complain about the result, the CEO and co-founder of a DAO vote-counting protocol said.

By Sam Reynolds

Aug 1, 2024 at 2:07 p.m. UTC

Aug 1, 2024

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XRP took off while other cryptos flatlined. (SpaceX/Unsplash)

Markets

Trading

XRP Surges 7% Amid Ripple-SEC Settlement Hopes, $600M Token Unlock

XRP trading activity is heightening in South Korea, where traders tend to get euphoric about rallying tokens.

By Sam Reynolds Shaurya Malwa

Jul 31, 2024 at 6:56 a.m. UTC

Jul 31, 2024

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Markets

Btc

Ether ETFs Break Four-Day Outflow Streak, Bitcoin ETFs Record $18M Outflows

The crypto Trump trade appears to be softening.

By Shaurya Malwa Sam Reynolds

Jul 31, 2024 at 6:51 a.m. UTC

Jul 31, 2024

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Finance

Compound

COMP Token Rises as Whale Backs Down on Supposed 'Governance Attack' on Compound

A new staking product will be offered instead of what Humpy and the Golden Boys initially proposed.

By Sam Reynolds

Jul 30, 2024 at 8:48 a.m. UTC

Jul 30, 2024

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Bitcoin Nashville attendees queued up early on Saturday to get into the conference venue, Music City Center, ahead of former President Donald Trump's speech (Bradley Keoun/CoinDesk)

Markets

Trump

Polymarket Whales Favor Trump as Election Betting Surges Past $400M

Traders also are skeptical about China 'unbanning' bitcoin

By Sam Reynolds

Jul 29, 2024 at 2:17 p.m. UTC

Jul 29, 2024

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Markets

Bch

Bitcoin Nears $70K on Back of Trump's Speech, Bitcoin Cash and Base Memecoins Lead Crypto Market Gains

Mt. Gox payouts seem to have not spooked BCH holders as the forked version of bitcoin outperformed the market in an otherwise slow trading day.

By Sam Reynolds Shaurya Malwa

Jul 29, 2024 at 6:52 a.m. UTC

Jul 29, 2024

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Markets

Compound

COMP Down 6.7% after Supposed 'Governance Attack' on Compound DAO

A whale holding COMP tokens is helping push through a governance proposal that would allocate $24 million in COMP to a yield-bearing protocol called goldCOMP.

By Sam Reynolds

Jul 29, 2024 at 4:38 a.m. UTC

Jul 29, 2024

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