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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Policy

Thailand's Securities Regulator Eyes Qualifications for New Crypto Investors

The regulator believes new cryptocurrency investors should have a certain level of trading experience and financial reserves.

Bangkok, Thailand

Finance

Japan's SBI in Talks Over Joint Venture to Make Crypto a Core Revenue: Source

SBI founder and CEO Yoshitaka Kitao said his firm would turn the planned crypto venture into a core source of profitability.

SBI Holdings

Markets

Fetch.ai to Develop Decentralized Marketplace for Global Manufacturer FESTO

Fetch.ai's technology stack will be leveraged to "transform" FESTO's existing legacy control systems.

Assembly line, robots

Markets

India Grants Crypto Holders Reprieve Ahead of Likely Ban: Report

The window of opportunity for investors to cash out to fiat is expected to be between three and six months.

Ghansi Bazaar, India.

Markets

First North American Bitcoin ETF Approved by Canadian Securities Regulator

The Ontario Securities Commission gave its blessing Thursday.

Ontario

Finance

Crypto Mining Farm Spotted Using Nvidia RTX 30 Gaming Laptops: Report

Images have surfaced on Twitter reportedly showing a crypto-mining operation using laptops fitted with high-end Nvidia RTX 30-series graphics cards.

Crypto mining farm featuring gaming-spec laptops.

Markets

Microsoft and Enjin Bring Cross-Platform Custom NFTs to Minecraft

To celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, players earn badges while learning from prominent female scientists.

Screenshot of Azure Hero NFTs in MyMetaverse Minecraft Network

Markets

Winklevoss Twins, DJ Alesso Back Crypto Collectible Artworks for Charity Auction

Ethernity will auction digital artworks represented by non-fungible tokens and created by artists from across the globe.

Cameron and Tyler Winlevoss

Finance

Payments Startup Celo Raises $20M From a16z, Electric Capital

Celo offers a blockchain payments platform using customers' cellphone numbers to secure their public keys.

Celo team

Finance

IBM, Top Australian Banks Execute Country's First Blockchain Bank Guarantee

By digitizing the paper process, the Lygon joint venture says it has shown it can speed up bank guarantee issuances.

Sydney, Australia