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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Societe Generale to Use as Many as Five Blockchains in Capital Markets Trials

A tech-focused subsidiary of Societe Generale said it will trial up to five different blockchains to understand their usefulness in capital markets.

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First Mover: Federal Reserve Does What It Wants to Do as Bitcoin Hits $11K

This week's Fed meeting ushered in a new regime for U.S. monetary policy, offering a reminder of just how frequently top officials change the rules.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell dons reading glasses prior to Wednesday's press conference. (Federal Reserve, modified by CoinDesk)

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Delta Exchange Claims First With Crypto Options Settled in Tether Stablecoin

The cryptocurrency derivatives platform now offers put and call options contracts settled in the stablecoin tether (USDT).

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New Bitcoin Options App Raises $4.7M in Round Led by Pantera Capital

PowerTrade is a new mobile-based cryptocurrency options trading platform set to launch this year.

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First Mover: Binance's CZ Doesn't Even Dispute That DeFi Might Be Inevitable

Big crypto exchanges like Binance, Huobi and OKEx are rushing out DeFi platforms to cash in on the fast-growing industry and stanch user defections.

Binance CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao says the centralized exchange's BNB tokens might benefit from the decentralization trend.

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Diginex Moves Closer to Backdoor Nasdaq Listing With Merger Approval

The blockchain services firm is officially merging with publicly traded 8i Enterprises Acquisition Corp., a key part of its plan for a "backdoor" listing.

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First Mover: Bitcoin Investors the Sane Ones as Federal Reserve Cheers Inflation, Price Nears $11K

Cryptocurrencies' 2020 gains are the truth gauge as markets react to the Federal Reserve's inflation goal, where Zimbabwe is the model of success.

Crypto investors inverting the gold-price scale is starting to seem like the sane thing to do. (Pixabay, modified by CoinDesk)

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Investment Platform BnkToTheFuture to Integrate KYC Identity Solution from Blockpass

The investment deal will also see Blockpass' anti-money laundering product integrated into BnkToTheFuture's ecosystem.

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Brock Pierce Served Court Papers for Fraud Lawsuit at His Own Presidential Campaign Rally

U.S. presidential candidate and crypto entrepreneur Brock Pierce was legally served during his campaign rally in New York on Monday.

Brock Pierce (CoinDesk archives)

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First Mover: As Central Banks Print $1.4B an Hour, Bitcoiners Bet on Federal Reserve 'Capture'

Though no fresh stimulus is expected this week from the Fed, bitcoiners betting on money printing could just wait for the next sell-off in U.S stocks.

It might just take a big stock-market sell-off for the Federal Reserve to accelerate the pace of money printing. (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)