Sebastian Sinclair

Sebastian Sinclair is the market and news reporter for CoinDesk operating in the South East Asia timezone. He has experience trading in the cryptocurrency markets, providing technical analysis and covering news developments affecting the movements on bitcoin and the industry as a whole. He currently holds no cryptocurrencies.

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Markets

Ripple On-Demand Liquidity Corridor Opens Between Japan and Philippines

It marks a significant step for Ripple looking to cut in a slice of the $1.8 billion in yearly remittances from Japan to the Philippines.

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Solana's Saber Labs Raises $7.7M in Seed Funding Round Led by Race Capital

Funding will go toward three main areas including hiring, marketing as well as business and product development.

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Markets

Bug Found in Decoy Algorithm for Privacy Coin Monero

"This does not reveal anything about addresses or transaction amounts ... This bug persists in the official wallet code today," Monero said.

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Markets

Blockchain Australia Recommends Safe Harbor Provision for Crypto Providers

The industry body is calling for a "coordinated and graduated approach" to the regulation of digital assets throughout the country.

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Markets

Bitcoin Breaks Back Above $39K in Largest Single Daily Gain in 6 Weeks

Sunday's price rise follows an unconfirmed report Amazon is looking to accept bitcoin payments by year's end.

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Nigeria's Central Bank Digital Currency Pilot to Start Oct. 1

Rakiya Mohammed, the bank's information technology director, revealed the date during a private webinar on Thursday.

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Website of 'Trump' Crypto Coin Exposes Sensitive Details of New Users: Report

A hacker was able to breach the security of the website, where they exposed the email addresses and passwords of users who bought Magacoin.

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Markets

Blockchain Protocol Thorchain Suffers $8M Hack

Thorchain told CoinDesk a hacker deployed a custom contract that was able to trick its Bifrost Protocol into receiving a deposit of fake assets.

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South Korea's Financial Watchdog Warns Foreign Exchanges Must Register in 2 Months

The Korea Financial Intelligence Unit is pushing for exchanges to register in line with new anti-money laundering laws.

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Australia's Zip to Launch Crypto Services in a Year: Report

Zip is targeting customers of its soon to be biggest markets in the U.S. and Australia, marking a big step for such services offering crypto.

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