Sebastian Sinclair
@Sebsinclair1989
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@Decryptmedia Asia Editor. Formerly @CoinDesk, @DLNewsInfo and @Blockworks_. News tips: [email protected]
New South Wales, Australia
Joined February 2018
Will GameStop dump its #Bitcoin? 🎮 With $BTC prices sitting near key 2025 entry levels, Amberdata’s Greg Magadini spoke with @DecryptMedia about the potential for corporate reallocation. Greg’s take: If $GME sees a "way more compelling" move (like an acquisition), they might
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Decrypt's 2025 Story of the Year Crypto Treasury Firms Flood Wall Street • A series of publicly traded firms raised cash to buy cryptocurrencies in 2025. • The trend, once limited to Bitcoin, went far beyond Ethereum and Solana. • Strategy and its copycats have seen key
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Decrypt’s @s_lutz95 breaks down divisions among crypto leaders on display today at the Blockchain Association’s annual policy summit in D.C. Some want a crypto market structure bill at all costs. Others are beginning to openly argue they’d “rather have no bill than a bad bill.”
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Here's a scoop I've been hunting down for the past two weeks. Australia’s Swyftx is set to acquire boutique digital asset brokerage Caleb & Brown in what has been described as the largest crypto deal in Australia's and New Zealand's history, valued at well over A$ 100 million.
decrypt.co
Swyftx is acquiring Caleb & Brown in the largest crypto M&A deal in ANZ as it seeks a foothold in the U.S. to target high-net-worth clients.
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🚨BREAKING: Stablecoin legislation suffers severe blow as GENIUS Act fails to pass key Senate vote. "The Senate’s GENIUS Act failed to pass a key procedural vote on Thursday, a stunning blow to the stablecoin bill’s chance of passage that may have further negative consequences
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SEC Files Last-Minute Appeal in Ripple Case—Why the XRP Army is Outraged ► https://t.co/cpUKPG7eZM
decrypt.co
While the SEC isn't contesting the ruling that XRP sales to retail investors aren't securities, it is instead focusing on other key aspects.
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Circle VP Warns US Risks Falling Behind in Stablecoin Regulation Amid Political Stalemate ► https://t.co/JhcwFouJVq
decrypt.co
"What's important is for the U.S. to upgrade and have a structure to define what a well-regulated stablecoin looks like," Circle's VP said.
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🍦 Scoop: @syscoin , a crypto project that predates Ethereum, is expected to undergo leadership changes in the coming days amid allegations of mismanagement and a lack of financial transparency. https://t.co/41F1Pk5V1N
decrypt.co
Following Decrypt’s investigation, Sidhu now intends to step down as CEO of SYS Labs, a person familiar with the matter said.
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Excited to announce I have joined @decryptmedia as their Asia Editor. Feel free to reach out with news tips and leads at sebastian@decryptmedia.com.
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JULIAN ASSANGE IS FREE Julian Assange is free. He left Belmarsh maximum security prison on the morning of 24 June, after having spent 1901 days there. He was granted bail by the High Court in London and was released at Stansted airport during the afternoon, where he boarded a
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As bad as bond returns have been over the past five years, it's actually far worse when measuring how almost everything else went up in price. Consumer prices, house prices, stock prices, gold prices, etc. All up while bonds were down.
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US Home prices have hit a new all time high according to the latest case shiller data Up 6.5% in the last 12 months In spite of sky high mortgage rates too!
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*Money Printing* A seemingly simple, yet confusing topic. I mean, why even sell bonds to the public, when the Fed can just print more dollars and pay for whatever the government wants to spend? The answer is simple but requires a little critical thinking. Time for a Fed 🧵👇
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This is (in part) why Bitcoin matters. It’s a return to the gold standard that we left fully in 1971. A return to financial discipline. Bitcoin will be an important check and balance on excessive deficit spending which is essential to the U.S. and the dollar remaining strong.
This is the scariest chart I’ve ever made. This is what it looks like when a country is heading toward a financial precipice. Each color shows $1T getting added to the national debt. Not that long ago, it took six years to add a bar. We’re now adding one every 90-120 days.
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Bitcoin ETFs beget buying, begets rise in price, begets ETF inflows, begets more buying... At least that's the analysis from @falconxnetwork's head of research @dlawant for Bitcoin hitting its fourth record high in a week. h/t @Sebsinclair1989
https://t.co/I4JyJI5QLc
dlnews.com
Bitcoin hit another new all-time high just above $71,000 on Monday. This is the fourth time the cryptocurrency has broken its own record in a week. Breaking the $71,000 barrier comes as the Bitcoin...
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Grayscale putting on a btc-themed drone show on the beach. Pretty next level ETF marketing.. @exchangeETF
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Awesome.
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Unfortunately last week was my last @blockworks . I will definitely miss working with such world class, talented/dedicated individuals and wish the company the very best in navigating through to the next bull market. I am now on the look out for new opportunities. Don’t
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We are on a crazy spiraling journey through space, and arguing with each other a lot on the way. Helps to look at these things to keep some perspective.
This is what our solar system looks like while moving in the space!
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