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

Fireblocks Claims Exchange Program Enables Zero-Confirmation Crypto Deposits

Fireblocks says its new system provides crypto deposits on exchanges with zero confirmations and in real time.

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Policy

Australian State Treasury Proposes 'Flexible' Regulatory Reform for Blockchain

The New South Wales Treasury is exploring regulatory reform for blockchain technology citing the need to promote innovation.

The Sydney opera house

Tech

Staking on Ethereum 2.0 Takes First Step With Test System for Validators

The transition to Ethereum 2.0 and its proof-of-stake consensus model is finally underway.

Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin speaks at ETHDenver 2020.

Policy

Private Sector Could Bring Value to Future CBDC Launches, Says IMF Official

A director at the IMF has spoken of the value the private sector could bring to central bank digital currencies, should they be adopted by nations.

Tobias Adrian, director of the IMF's Monetary and Capital Markets Department (IMF)

Markets

MakerDAO Passes $1B Milestone in DeFi First

The total value of ether locked in DeFi's oldest project has surpassed $1 billion for the first time.

Maker Foundation CEO Rune Christensen (CoinDesk archives)

Tech

Ripple Exec Unveils P2P Payments Platform Using XRP

Craig DeWitt has unveiled the beta release of a personal peer-to-peer payments project that will work in popular web browsers.

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Markets

Malaysian Watchdog Plans to Extend Crypto Regulations to Wallet Providers

The nation's Securities Commission is seeking feedback before finalizing new rules to be applied to digital asset wallet services.

Malaysia's capital, Kuala Lumpur

Finance

Binance’s Fiat-Gateway Partner Banxa Expanding to US

Banxa plans to leverage custody and settlement infrastructure from exchange platform Zero Hash.

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Markets

Central Bank Board Member Says CBDCs Raise More Questions Than Answers

The Czech National Bank's Tomas Holub said in an interview that central bank digital currencies raise more questions than answers right now.

Tomas Holub, Czech National Bank board member (CNB)

Finance

Winklevoss-Owned Gemini Now Provides Custody for .Crypto Blockchain Domains

Gemini will offer custody on .crypto domains from Unstoppable Domains, which are based on non-fungible tokens much like cryptocurrencies.

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