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

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

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.

Finanças

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.

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

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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. 

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

Finanças

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.

Bolivian cattle

Tecnologia

Ethereum Classic Activates Thanos Upgrade, Increasing Access for GPU Miners

The Thanos upgrade is aimed to allow more miner participation and thus increase security.

A cosplayer dressed as Thanos attends New York Comic Con 2019.

Finanças

Pizza Hut Venezuela Now Accepts Crypto Payments

The Venezuelan arm of the restaurant chain now accepts dash and bitcoin through CryptoBuyer.

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Mercados

Libra Plans Dollar-Pegged Stablecoin Launch in January 2021: Report

Libra might eventually get off the ground as early as January albeit in a more limited format.

Facebook Libra

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OKEx Resumes Withdrawals 5 Weeks After Freeze

The cryptocurrency exchange is reopening withdrawals five weeks after services were suspended due to a missing key holder.

OKEx logo

Mercados

Bitcoin Price Drops Almost $3,000 With Sharpest Sell-Off Since March

Bitcoin fell more than 12%, its sharpest decline in months.

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Política

Coinbase CEO: Trump Administration May 'Rush Out' Burdensome Crypto Wallet Rules

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong publicly voiced concern the outgoing Trump Administration may ram through onerous new data-collection requirements for crypto exchanges.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, left, could be "planning to rush out some new regulation regarding self-hosted crypto wallets before the end of his term," tweeted Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong.