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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Singapore's Central Bank Backs New Code of Practice for Crypto Companies

The guidance is aimed at assisting regulatory compliance and enhance crypto industry conduct under the city-state's payment laws.

Monetary Authority of Singapore

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Attorney Ordered to Pay Out $5.2M for Bitcoin Escrow Mishap

The New York attorney released the funds without authorization and lost investment firm Benthos Master Fund $4.6 million intended for a bitcoin purchase deal.

New York

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Elliptic Teams With Fireblocks to Automate Security and Compliance in Crypto Industry

Elliptic has joined forces with Fireblocks to automate anti-money laundering compliance for their shared institutional clients.

Elliptical shadows (Shutterstock)

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Fed Reserve Analysts Say Common Digital Currency Distinction 'Problematic'

Bitcoin blurs the boundaries of a widely used classification of digital currencies and the distinction should be retired, say Fed experts.

Federal Reserve stamp on a $100 bill (Oleg Golovnev/Shutterstock)

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Link Price Surges 32% to Overtake Bitcoin Cash as 5th-Largest Crypto by Market Cap

The native token of decentralized oracle network Chainlink (LINK) has just claimed a top-five spot in terms of market value.

Toy cars race winning

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First Mover: How a DeFi Trader Made an 89% Profit in Minutes Slinging Stablecoins

So-called stablecoins like tether and USDC are $1 tokens in theory, but a complex arbitrage transaction seems to have netted one trader an 89% profit in just minutes.

Schematic of Aug. 10 stablecoin arbitrage trade using DeFi.  (Etherscan, CoinDesk)

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Appeals Court Backs Coinbase in Bitcoin Gold Fork 'Breach of Contract' Lawsuit

A California appeals court has backed a prior judgment that the cryptocurrency exchange wasn't obliged to to support the Bitcoin Gold hard fork in 2017.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong

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Bison Trails Now Supports 'Flow' Blockchain From CryptoKitties Maker Dapper Labs

Bison Trails users can now build apps, games and more on Dapper Labs' scalable blockchain.

Bison Trails co-founders Aaron Henshaw (left) and Joe Lallouz. (Bison Trails)

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Australian Woman Jailed for Theft of More Than 100,000 XRP

The 25-year-old received a sentence of more than two years for the 2018 theft of XRP worth around $300,000 at the time.

Sydney, Australia

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Dapp Platform NEAR Protocol Taps Ontology's Expertise for Decentralized Identity Effort

The dapp platform will leverage Ontology's experience in building decentralized identity solutions.

identity, fingerprint