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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Biden Administration Concerned Over Long-Term Effects of Digital Yuan: Report

Officials at multiple government departments are increasing efforts to better understand any possible threat posed to the U.S. dollar by China's digital yuan.

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Exec of Chinese Blockchain Firm Allegedly Misappropriated $45M in State-Owned Bitcoin: Report

Gao Ziyang has reportedly been detained for the alleged liquidation. The company denied his involvement and has not confirmed the detainment.

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Rare CryptoPunk NFTs Will be Auctioned by Christie's Next Month

All nine CryptoPunks are from mints below 1,000, meaning they began in the earliest days of the company's digital collectible creations.

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Fowler, Accused of Crypto Fraud, Gets a New Lawyer After Failing to Pay His Old Ones

Fowler reportedly failed to pay his former lawyers leading to a motion to withdraw as his legal counsel.

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Crypto Mining Firm Hut 8 Seeks $396M Raise in Latest Offering

The securities offering is expected to take place on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

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Coinme Launches 300 Bitcoin-Enabled Kiosks in Florida After Securing Financial License

Users can now purchase bitcoin using cash at select Winn Dixie, Fresco y Mas, Harveys and other grocery outlets throughout the state.

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Ripple Granted Access to SEC Documents on Bitcoin, Ether in Ongoing XRP Fight

Ripple is hoping to find evidence the regulator defined XRP as being similar to bitcoin and ether.

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Coinbase Taps Morgan Stanley Lawyer to Head Enterprise Compliance

Ian Rooney clocked almost 10 years at Morgan Stanley.

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NFT Marketplace OpenSea to Add Ethereum Layer 2 Protocol for Gas-Free Trading

The NFT site says it will use Immutable X to kill the trading fees that have shocked newcomers.

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Enjin Raises $18.9M in Private Token Sale to Build Polkadot Parachain for NFTs

The EFI token sale will help Enjin build its NFT platform away from Ethereum's high gas fees.

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