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.

Sebastian Sinclair

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Markets

Kraken Now Lets Users Back Contender Projects on Polkadot's Kusama Platform

Kraken is adding support for Kusama parachain auctions, allowing users to effectively vote for their favorite projects.

chains

Markets

CEO of Colonial Pipeline to Face Congress Grilling Over Bitcoin Ransom

The CEO will face the Senate Homeland Security Committee to explain the reasoning behind his decision to pay a $4.4M bitcoin ransom.

oil pipeline

Markets

US Luxury Penthouse Sells for Record-Breaking $22.5M in Crypto

As per confidentiality agreements, the buyer and the type of cryptocurrency used to make the purchase have not been revealed.

Miami Beach (Antonio Cuellar/Unsplash)

Markets

Top White House Adviser Tim Wu Holds Millions in Bitcoin: Report

White House antitrust adviser Tim Wu holds bitcoin and filecoin, according to a recent financial disclosure.

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Markets

Bitcoin Suffers Steepest Drop in 10 Days as US Monetary Policy Causes 'Short-Term Jitters'

Bitcoin continues its descent amid whispers of U.S. Federal Reserve tapering economic stimulus and China's ongoing pressure on crypto miners.

Stock prices

Markets

BitMEX Parent Receives ISO Security Certification for Customer Data Management

Certification involves examining possible threats and vulnerabilities within an organization's IT systems.

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Markets

Auction House Phillips to Accept Crypto for Banksy Artwork Worth Millions

The 225-year-old auction house joins larger rivals Christie's and Sotheby's in offering the ability to pay in crypto.

Phillips' new global headquarters in New York.

Markets

Philippines Leading Mobile Wallet Explores Possible Crypto Offering

GCash would join such other major payment firms as PayPal and Square in addressing growing demand for cryptocurrency services.

Manilla Bay, Philippines.

Markets

DeFi Project Impossible Finance Raises $7M in Seed Round

IF will use the funding to develop its DeFi offerings and to build a multi-chain ecosystem.

funding

Markets

Anti-Virus Service Provider Norton Rolls Out Ether Mining Feature

Miners are subject to a 15% fee of the total crypto sent to their wallets for use of Norton's service.

Software