Sebastian Sinclair

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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Crypto Trading 101: The Moving Average Crossover
Moving average crossovers, one of the simplest traders’ tools, are best suited to trend following and momentum trading.
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Signage hangs outside the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation headquarters in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
US Regulators Weigh Avenues for Banks to Hold Crypto: Report
Comments from a top U.S. regulator demonstrate crypto’s prominent rise this year and a rush to contain particular aspects of the industry.
Signage hangs outside the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation headquarters in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
ARK Invest's Cathie Woods. (Bloomberg/Getty Images)
Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest Scoops Up 2.2M Falling Robinhood Shares
The move came as Robinhood shares dropped roughly 8% on Tuesday after the platform said its crypto revenues fell below expectations.
ARK Invest's Cathie Woods. (Bloomberg/Getty Images)
Steam platform by Valve. (Shutterstock)
Blockchain Game Companies Pen Open Letter to Valve: ‘Don’t Ban Web3 Games’
The developer booted the games from its Steam platform last month.
Steam platform by Valve. (Shutterstock)
A DBS Bank branch in Singapore (Lauryn Ishak/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
DBS Becomes First Southeast Asian Bank to Join Hedera Governing Council
The Singapore lender joins a group that supports Hedera’s Hashgraph distributed ledger technology.
A DBS Bank branch in Singapore (Lauryn Ishak/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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US Treasury to Say SEC Can Regulate Stablecoins: Report
SEC Chairman Gary Gensler wants more authority before Congress works out how best to regulate the cryptocurrencies.
Gary Gensler (Evelyn Hockstein/Getty Images)
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Over 3 Million CoinMarketCap Email Addresses Leaked to Dark Web: Report
The addresses are trading on “hacking forums,” haveibeenpwned reported. CoinMarketCap acknowledges “correlation” with its subscriber base but maintains its servers weren’t bre...
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Singaporean Payments Unicorn Nium Launches Crypto-as-a-Service Platform
Nium says its new service will target banks, businesses and neo-financial institutions.
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Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen appears before the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee. (Matt McClain-Pool/Getty Images)
Facebook Whistleblower Holds Crypto to Support Herself Financially: Report
Frances Haugen said she was managing financially for the “foreseeable future” because she had bought crypto “at the right time.”
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen appears before the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee. (Matt McClain-Pool/Getty Images)
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Traders Are ‘Apeing’ Into a Sam Altman Crypto Lookalike, Driving Prices Higher
Prices for a completely different Worldcoin have climbed 68.4% over the last 24 hours, according to CoinGecko data.
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