Sebastian Sinclair

Reporter

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.

Latest from Sebastian Sinclair

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.

Dec 1, 2020

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

Markets

Coinbase Brokered MicroStrategy's $425M Bitcoin Purchase, Exchange Says

The revelation is a notable public relations win for Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong.

Dec 1, 2020

LOW KEY: MicroStrategy, led by Michael Saylor (left), hired Brian Armstrong's Coinbase to help it buy large quantities of BTC without moving the market.

Finance

Crypto Wallet Maker Ledger Hires Luxury Brand Exec to Grow Consumer Business

Ledger's new chief experience officer hails from luxury conglomerate LVMH, which owns brands including Louis Vuitton, Givenchy and Christian Dior.

Dec 1, 2020

Ian Rogers, former director of digital at LVMH, now at Ledger

Markets

First Mover: You Call That a Record? Bitcoin's November Gains Are 3x Stock Market's

It's no longer really news when bitcoin outperforms traditional markets, but November could prove a crucial month for the largest cryptocurrency.

Nov 30, 2020

As stock-market prices climb ever higher, bitcoin is towering above them and proving resilient.

Finance

Bolivian Cattle Ranch Will Be Tokenized to Open Up Business to Investors

The token is being claimed as the first blockchain-based financial instrument in Switzerland to hold an International Securities Identification Number.

Nov 30, 2020