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

Associated Press NFT Artwork Sells for $180K in Ether

The piece depicts a visual of the electoral college map from space using election data AP published on-chain at the time.

"The Associated Press calls the 2020 Presidential Election on Blockchain – A View from Outer Space"

Policy

Ripple Execs Ask Court to Block SEC Requests for Personal Financial Records

Brad Garlinghouse and Chris Larsen are calling the SEC's subpoenas to banks “wholly inappropriate overreach” and an invasion of privacy.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse

Markets

Beeple NFT Sold for Record-Setting $69.3M at Christie's Auction

Just when you thought NFTs couldn't get any crazier.

Beeple's "Everydays"

Policy

US Lawmakers Make Third Attempt to Bring Legal Clarity to Cryptocurrencies

Rep. Warren Davidson said the window of opportunity for the U.S. to lead the world on blockchain technology is "closing."

U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.

Markets

Goldman Sachs Says Client Demand for Bitcoin is 'Rising'

John Waldron, COO and president, said his bank is talking to regulators about digital currencies after recently relaunching its trading desk.

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Markets

Fetch.ai Nabs $5M in Institutional Investment; Fireblocks to Add Support for FET Token

The funding will be used to build out the machine-learning platform's existing and future applications.

Humayun Sheikh, CEO of Fetch

Finance

Compliant Stablecoin Launches in New Zealand

New Zealand dollar reserves backing the stablecoin are to be confirmed by an accounting firm on a quarterly basis.

New Zealand bank note showing Sir Edmund Hillary.

Finance

Crypto Lending Platform BlockFi Attacked With Flood of Fake, Abusive Sign-Ups

The malicious spree involved offensive language being placed in the first and last name fields on the account registration page.

BlockFi CEO Zac Prince

Markets

Multiple Crypto-Related Twitter Accounts Have Been Suspended

No explanation for the suspensions has been given aside from the fact the accounts allegedly violated Twitter's rules.

Joseph O’Conner was accused of participating in a Twitter cryptocurrency scam.

Policy

Troubled Crypto Project Qoin Faces Membership Ruling by New Zealand Blockchain Body

A BlockchainNZ membership review is reportedly focused on alleged conflict of interest between the Qoin project and related companies.

Auckland, New Zealand