Sam Reynolds

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[Quant Chad @Autonomous_Chad]

Meanwhile @kalshi literally has a *fake trade generator* on their official website

kalshi(dot)tools/trade-slip

You are supposed to "validate" your trade by pasting a valid trade ID, but the system doesn't actually check the ID.

Type any 11 characters string and you will be able to remove the "Preview" watermark and make it look legit.

I don't even have a problem with the feature (expect for the dishonesty of the fake ID verification), I just find it funny that @polymarket is enduring a coordinated media campaign about potential fake trades while their main competitor is doing it openly and no one cares.

[Sam Reynolds @thesamreynolds]

See you in Tokyo!

[WebX 2026 (July 13-14) @WebX_Asia]

🎙️Meet Sam Reynolds (@thesamreynolds), Crypto Journalist, at #WebX2026 on July 13-14th.

Sam Reynolds is a crypto analyst and journalist based in Hong Kong formerly with CoinDesk. 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.

For more details, visit: https://t.co/8jCfiZE4T4

[ayman @aymanfsm]

"mommy, how did we get so rich?"

“your father made tax-free gains playing prediction markets in his tfsa”

[Wu Blockchain @WuBlockchain]

Former Ethereum Foundation Contributor Warns of Potential Core Development Funding Crisis Within 3–9 Months

Former Ethereum Foundation contributor @trent_vanepps said Ethereum could face a “slow-burning funding crisis” for core development within the next 3–9 months, citing the Ethereum Foundation’s spending reductions and the expiration of the Client Incentive Program (CIP). He estimated Ethereum’s core development ecosystem requires roughly $30 million in annual funding and argued that new institutions and funding mechanisms will be needed as the Ethereum Foundation was not designed to be a permanent steward of the network.

[Nico | supernova.vision @nicoypei]

My prediction of asia brokerages supporting hip-3 became truth after 3 weeks. This is a direct screenshot from FUTU, the robinhood of Asia

Most chinese people use FUTU to gain exposure on US equities. After the ban last month which stopped them from serving all customers from mainland china, they launched hip-3 front-end within a month

It's also much cheaper and faster to launch equity perps front-end than to launch a equity pair with tradfi broker-dealer-clearing model. @vladtenev has publicly spoken many times that the cost is 10x cheaper

and the better thing is, you don't even need KYC anymore at least for now

[Sam Reynolds @thesamreynolds]

@shayne_coplan Congratulations!

[Blacklock's Reporter @mindingottawa]

.@GovCanHealth data confirm overdose deaths rose under decriminalization in BC, then fell when police resumed enforcement of drug laws: "Act on evidence." 
https://t.co/ymFaanCTbF #cdnpoli 
@MarjoriePLC

[MLM @mlmabc]

Hyperliquid (Tradexyz) traders predicted the exact opening price of SpaceX.

The Hyperliquid SpaceX perp was trading at 171 just 1 minute before they announced the starting price of $171 per share.

https://t.co/qnBciEGvHf

[Harley Finkelstein @harleyf]

You don’t have to love Elon Musk to recognize what this headline says about us.

A country that spends more time criticizing wealth creation than encouraging it sends a clear message to builders: your success is tolerated, not celebrated.

Canada should be the best place in the world to build ambitious companies. Headlines like this make us look like we’re not quite ready for that.

[Sam Reynolds @thesamreynolds]

The Trump Mobile phone is made in China based on a Taiwanese design

https://t.co/hdLKOkltpa

[Sam Reynolds @thesamreynolds]

@TheStalwart Do this https://t.co/b938y7XRq1

Take the MTR east rail line to Lo Wu. Look for the port visa office on the China side of the border (it's upstairs).

[Whole Mars Catalog @wholemars]

Crazy that Ontario cancelled their Starlink deal, but the teachers pension plan is making a fortune on SpaceX

[Lucy Hargreaves @lucyhargreaves4]

kudos to the globe editorial board for having the courage to say the thing

“The media, including The Globe and Mail, did not initially scrutinize, much less challenge” the assertion that remains of 215 children of the Kamloops Indian Residential School had been found

Canada would benefit from significantly more unbiased media scrutiny, across all issues

[Marc Zeller @Marczeller]

It's been a while since global sentiment towards crypto has been that bad.

I said this many times, we're not in 2021/22 end of cycle because this time no SBF/Celsius/Luna. We're in 2018, a slowand lingering despair of "we're not cool anymore" mostly solely due to price not going up.

Back then, when the tourists left, the builders delivered MakerDAO, Compound, SNX, EthLend (Aave) and more with mostly apathetic reception.

It's an exciting time to focus and deliver even if the market will be ungrateful for a while.

[Sam Reynolds @thesamreynolds]

Tokenizing NVDA shares = boring.

Crypto exchanges should get on offering tokenized exposure to China memory and GPU companies.

Do it somehow through HK northbound connect.
https://t.co/im3kcjWiFf

[Sam Reynolds @thesamreynolds]

Perhaps because they are absurdly expensive? Compare Vancouver to Seoul or Hong Kong during the summer.

[The Vancouver Sun @VancouverSun]

What World Cup bump? Vancouver hotel bookings down 20 per cent this year https://t.co/JumWReE18B

[∿ @somewheresy]

DEI stands for Datacenter, Electricity and Infrastructure now

[Sam Reynolds @thesamreynolds]

Occasionally City Super will stock @DietCoke but it's a rare treat.

[Sam Reynolds @thesamreynolds]

I hope @realDonaldTrump brings up the lack of Diet Coke in the Greater China market when he meets with Xi. Coke Zero is available but it's just not the same.

[Sam Reynolds @thesamreynolds]

@jhwfung @tokifyi Would be even better if it blocked all the view cones