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

First Mover: Forget Facebook's Stablecoin. Now It's $700B Bitcoin in the Crosshairs

Bitcoin's powerful move over the past couple of months to more than $700 billion in market value is suddenly commanding more attention from global financial regulators. 

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde speaks via webcast from a Reuters event on Wednesday.

Markets

Deribit Exchange Raises Maximum Bitcoin Options Strike Price to $400K

The strike option supplants the company's previous $300,000 maximum offering listed on Jan. 9.

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Markets

Crypto Buyers Face 'Possible Limitations' on eToro This Weekend

The company cited issues relating to poor liquidity in the face of heightened demand.

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Policy

Owner of Crypto Exchange RG Coins Gets 10 Years in Prison for Laundering $5M

The 53-year-old Bulgarian national was convicted for laundering funds via cryptocurrency for a fake online auctions gang.

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Markets

Goldman Sachs Exec Says More Institutional Investment Would Calm Bitcoin Volatility

The global head of commodities research believes the amount of institutional money in bitcoin needs to grow to mature the asset.

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Policy

Largest Dark Web Market Taken Offline as Alleged Operator Arrested in Germany

The DarkMarket site was thought to be the world's largest illegal online marketplace.

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HashKey Capital Co-Invests $5M in Decentralized Storage Project Filestar

The $5 million grant will go towards funding the day-to-day operations of Filestar's foundation.

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Policy

New Zealand's Financial Watchdog Warns on Crypto Investment Risks

The warning comes a day after the regulator's U.K. counterpart, the Financial Conduct Authority, also raised similar concerns.

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Markets

Bitcoin Whales Kept Accumulating During Monday's Crash

Larger investors, or whales look to have reacted differently than retail investors amid this week's bitcoin price drop.

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Markets

First Mover: Bitcoin Rally Stalls as 'DeFi Summer' Proves Endless

This year's explosion in decentralized finance, or DeFi, highlighted just how much innovation was happening in digital-asset markets, beyond bitcoin.

The 'Summer of DeFi' just keeps on going, with collateral locked into decentralized finance protocols surging to a new all-time high.