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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Politiche

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)

Mercati

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

Mercati

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)

Mercati

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

Tecnologie

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)

Politiche

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

Tecnologie

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

Mercati

Bitcoin Suddenly Drops by $500 After Passing $12K [Updated]

Bitcoin suddenly plummeted soon after crossing above $12,000 earlier on Monday.

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Mercati

Messaging Firm LINE Makes Own Token Available to Japanese Traders for First Time

The blockchain subsidiary of the messaging app giant has made its LINK (LN) token available to Japan-based traders for the first time.

(Chonlachai/Shutterstock)

Mercati

BCB Group Teams With Circle to Offer EU Institutions USDC Stablecoin Settlement

BCB Group will integrate with Circle's platform in a bid to make the USDC stablecoin more widely available.

Jeremy Allaire, Circle (CoinDesk archives)