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

US Treasury Wants Regulators to Watch for 'Potential Risks' in Digital Asset Innovation

The Treasury Department wants state and federal regulators to keep a vigilant watch on digital asset innovation.

US Treasury Seal

Markets

Spotify Looking for Associate Director to Lead Activity on Libra Project, Other Crypto Efforts

The world's largest audio streaming service is on the hunt for a new associate director to lead its activity within the libra stablecoin project.

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Markets

Kraken Exchange to Offer First Grants for Open-Source Ethereum Projects

Kraken is for the first time funding open-source Ethereum projects.

Kraken co-founder and CEO Jesse Powell

Finance

Ride-Sharing Giant Cabify to Track and Offset Carbon Emissions Using Blockchain Platform

Cabify, one of the world's largest ridesharing companies, is moving to offset its carbon emissions with the help of blockchain marketplace ClimateTrade.

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Markets

Theta Labs Launches Its Blockchain Video Delivery Platform in Beta

Theta Labs says it plans to democratize content delivery with its decentralized video platform.

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Markets

First Mover: Short Shrift for XRP Token's 169% Price Surge as Traders Obsess Over Bitcoin

XRP soared 169% in November, topping performance of the CoinDesk 20 digital assets during a month when bitcoin dominated headlines.

XRP dominated the performance rankings of the CoinDesk 20 digital assets in November.

Finance

Dusk Network Takes 'Around 10%' Stake in Dutch Stock Exchange

Security token platform Dusk Network has become a shareholder of a Dutch stock exchange as part of both firms' plans for share tokenization.

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Finance

Australian Crypto Exchange Exposes Personal Data of 270K Users

BTC Markets, one of Australia's biggest cryptocurrency exchanges, has accidentally exposed users' data, raising the risk of phishing attacks.

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Markets

BlackRock's Fink Says Bitcoin Can Possibly 'Evolve' Into Global Asset

The head of the world's largest asset manager has provided a bullish take on the world's first cryptocurrency.

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink

Markets

First Mover: Bitcoin's Failure to Break $20K Shows Big Investors Only Just Arriving

Institutional adoption is the buzzword du jour, probably a factor in bitcoin's price rally close to $20,000, and not even really happening yet.  

Cryptocurrency analysts were assessing the fallout as bitcoin retreated from a new all-time high price.