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BTC

$102,849.00

-2.68%

ETH

$3,419.02

-3.91%

BNB

$957.99

-2.95%

SOL

$154.17

-7.33%

TRX

$0.297073

0.22%

ADA

$0.557115

-5.37%

WBTC

$102,790.00

-2.51%

WBT

$54.00

-1.79%

BCH

$507.20

-2.25%

XLM

$0.28072

-5.89%

LTC

$99.74

-3.38%

ZEC

$446.53

-13.19%

XMR

$369.00

-4.64%

SHIB

$0.00000963

-4.35%

UNI

$8.41

-11.83%

CRO

$0.125346

-7.82%

M

$2.39

-3.53%

CC

$0.116322

-2.09%

TAO

$362.61

-5.66%

ICP

$5.82

-13.84%

OKB

$122.30

-3.35%

PEPE

$0.00000583

-5.06%

ETC

$15.68

-4.14%

PUMP

$0.00407625

-7.60%

ENA

$0.309183

-8.66%

SOL

$154.24

-7.59%

PI

$0.222764

-3.50%

POL

$0.171613

-5.06%

WLD

$0.770053

-6.18%

HTX

$0.00000182

0.76%

KCS

$12.97

-1.26%

HASH

$0.03213223

6.19%

FIL

$2.20

-12.82%

ARB

$0.275007

-9.08%

VET

$0.01690028

-1.67%

GT

$11.74

-3.51%

KAS

$0.0492628

-5.27%

FBTC

$102,555.00

-2.57%

FLR

$0.01553494

-4.09%

LBTC

$103,082.00

-2.37%

QNT

$83.04

-1.27%

SKY

$0.052269

-8.58%

IP

$3.58

-6.38%

SEI

$0.175181

-6.35%

JUP

$0.335211

-6.97%

XDC

$0.059206

-2.86%

BONK

$0.00001228

-7.31%

FET

$0.326844

-6.48%

IMX

$0.426371

-7.55%

WBTC

$102,708.00

-2.76%

TIA

$0.947761

-6.98%

RAIN

$0.00332582

-1.48%

OP

$0.405863

-7.02%

STX

$0.411937

-3.14%

LDO

$0.807333

-7.35%

GRT

$0.063434

-6.55%

CRV

$0.469308

-8.90%

STRK

$0.145063

-11.01%

XTZ

$0.592049

-4.28%

BDX

$0.082951

0.38%

SPX

$0.663698

-6.95%

TBTC

$102,825.00

-2.18%

2Z

$0.173001

-8.46%

DAI

$0.999842

0.01%

S

$0.140742

-5.44%

ENS

$13.95

-6.04%

CFX

$0.100389

-0.28%

AB

$0.0056323

2.27%

XPL

$0.258019

-14.55%

BSV

$23.96

-6.23%

BTT

$0.00000047

-0.34%

GALA

$0.00989801

-5.28%

SBTC

$105,134.00

-0.36%

WIF

$0.458929

-6.35%

GHO

$0.999163

-0.02%

A

$0.272612

-7.36%

SUN

$0.02236899

-0.30%

NFT

$0.0000004

0.01%

CCD

$0.03324424

-4.62%

MWC

$34.41

-1.80%

ATH

$0.0245737

-5.12%

JST

$0.03698254

0.49%

ZK

$0.050159

-11.34%

ZBCN

$0.00362675

1.09%

OHM

$20.95

-1.52%

APE

$0.374427

-6.46%

UBTC

$102,963.00

-2.63%

WAL

$0.220745

0.09%

CHZ

$0.03269942

-3.35%

VSN

$0.096751

-4.20%

GNO

$120.77

-3.64%

KAU

$133.29

0.49%

H

$0.170553

0.34%

BAT

$0.206786

-6.26%

AR

$4.69

-13.93%

0G

$1.42

-2.76%

W

$0.061401

-6.69%

FF

$0.126705

-7.26%

SENA

$0.305173

-11.13%

TEL

$0.00304738

-7.44%

JTO

$0.707388

-10.02%

XEC

$0.00001411

-5.00%
Price data by
Sebastian Sinclair

Sebastian Sinclair

Sebastian is a seasoned journalist who brings extensive expertise in reporting on the crypto markets. His background includes roles as a reporter and markets analyst at CoinDesk and later Blockworks, where he contributed to breaking news coverage across the Asia timezone.

Seb has delved into various aspects of the industry, from analyzing bitcoin's market dynamics to examining policy discussions that influence its future.

Disclosure: Sebastian has no significant crypto holdings.

Stories by Sebastian Sinclair

  • Bitcoin and Ethereum. Image: Decrypt

    Crypto Prices Slip Ahead of US Jobs Data as Bessent Flags Rate Risks

    Crypto edged lower on Sunday as traders positioned ahead of U.S. jobs data due later this week and digested comments from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent suggesting that high interest rates are beginning to strain parts of the economy. Bitcoin traded around $108,000, down roughly 1.7% over the past 24 hours, while Ethereum slipped about 3.5% to near $3,750, CoinGecko data shows. Major tokens softened across the board, with alt-coins underperforming as investors maintain a defensive stance.  In...

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    Sebastian Sinclair
  • IPO spelled out in block letter. Image: Shutterstock/Decrypt

    MetaMask Maker Consensys Plans IPO With JPMorgan, Goldman: Axios

    MetaMask parent Consensys has reportedly hired JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs to lead its initial public offering, Axios said Wednesday, citing unnamed sources. The planned listing follows a wave of crypto-company debuts this year, including Circle’s June IPO at a roughly $6.9 billion valuation and Bullish’s listing on the New York Stock Exchange in August. Consensys told Decrypt it is "constantly exploring opportunities to expand its impact." "While we continuously evaluate strategic options for gr...

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    2 min read
    Sebastian Sinclair
  • Sydney, Australia. Image: Shutterstock/Decrypt

    Australia’s Financial Regulator Flags Broader Oversight of Crypto Under Updated Guidance

    Australia’s financial regulator has issued a major update to its digital-asset guidance, expanding how existing financial-services laws apply to crypto businesses as the government prepares sweeping new legislation. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission on Tuesday published a revised version of Info Sheet 225, clarifying when digital-asset products and services are likely to be considered financial products under the Corporations Act.  The latest update replaces earlier “crypto-as...

    NewsLaw and Order
    3 min read
    Sebastian Sinclair
  • Solana is a smart contract blockchain network. Image: Shutterstock/Decrypt

    Solana Company Ramps Up Staking Push With Institutional Validators as Shares Tumble

    Solana Company (Nasdaq: HSDT), one of the few U.S.-listed firms holding Solana on its balance sheet, has expanded its digital asset treasury operations by partnering with staking providers Twinstake and Helius. The move extends HSDT’s on-chain strategy, which already includes more than 2.2 million SOL, worth about $396 million, held in custody at Anchorage Digital Bank. Before its pivot, HSDT, formerly Helius Medical Technologies, developed medical devices. The company has since recast itself as...

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    3 min read
    Sebastian Sinclair
  • Bitcoin and Ethereum. Image: Decrypt

    Bitcoin, Ethereum Rebound Following 'Largest Single-Day Wipeout in Crypto History'

    The crypto market has begun to claw back losses following a sell-off that resulted in one of the worst liquidation events in its history. On Friday, Bitcoin fell from $121,000 to as low as $109,000 over a seven-hour period, erasing all gains made from an early “Uptober” rally. Ethereum dipped to a low of $3,686 while Solana touched just above $173, CoinGecko data shows. The volatile trading session triggered a “flash crash of liquidations,” wiping almost $7 billion across all markets within one...

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    2 min read
    Sebastian Sinclair
  • OpenAI. Image: Shutterstock/Decrypt

    New OpenAI Research Touts Political Bias Down 30% in Latest ChatGPT Models

    OpenAI says its newest ChatGPT models display markedly less political bias than previous versions, as the company expands efforts to make artificial intelligence systems appear more balanced in tone and reasoning. The San Francisco-based firm released findings Thursday from its Model Behavior division, led by Joanne Jang, which studies how user prompts and model alignment shape ChatGPT’s responses.  Last month, Jang spun up a research-driven group, dubbed OAI Labs, focused on "inventing and prot...

    NewsTechnology
    2 min read
    Sebastian Sinclair
  • Bitcoin whale. Image: Shutterstock/Decrypt

    Crypto’s Retail Era Is Over: Institutions Now Set the Market’s Pace, Experts Say

    Institutional capital is increasingly steering the direction of the crypto market, executives from Bitwise Asset Management and Aspen Digital told Decrypt in separate interviews during the Token2049 conference in Singapore last week.  Hong Kim, Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of Bitwise, said the investor base for Bitcoin has shifted from retail traders to long-term allocators.  “The first year of Bitcoin ETFs saw about $30 billion of inflows; this year we’ve already added another $20 bi...

    NewsMarkets
    3 min read
    Sebastian Sinclair
  • Source: Shutterstock/Decrypt

    Eliza Labs Founder on Why AI Agents Shouldn’t Manage Your Money—Yet

    During an interview with Decrypt at Token2049 in Singapore on Wednesday, Eliza Labs founder Shaw Walters pushed back on the hype surrounding autonomous, profit-seeking AI traders. Instead, he argued that the near-term value lies in structuring signals and speeding up execution rather than handing agents a treasury. “You probably do not want to give an AI agent a bunch of money and expect it to make you more,” Walters said, adding that current agents work best as interfaces to quantitative tools...

  • Sei token. Image: Shutterstock/Decrypt

    Sei’s Strategy in Asia: Compliance First, Institutions Next

    Layer-1 blockchain Sei is using Japan’s licensing regime and partnerships with global institutions as the cornerstone of its expansion into Asia, according to Lee Zhu, the network’s director of growth for APAC. Speaking with Decrypt ahead of a packed week at Token2049 in Singapore, Zhu said Sei secured the necessary approvals in Japan last year, enabling listings on Binance Japan and OKX Japan.  Japan’s exchange licensing process is among the most stringent globally, making it a rare early entry...

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    2 min read
    Sebastian Sinclair
  • Ethereum. Image: Decrypt/Shutterstock

    FalconX Opens Door to Trading Ethereum’s Native Yield

    San Mateo, California-headquartered FalconX said Thursday it has executed the first forward rate agreements tied to Ethereum staking yields, introducing a new class of rate-based derivatives to the digital asset market. The contracts reference the Treehouse Ethereum Staking Rate, or TESR, a benchmark published daily by infrastructure provider Treehouse.  The measure is part of Treehouse’s “Decentralized Offered Rates” framework, intended to create crypto-native equivalents of widely used benchma...

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    2 min read
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  • Parliament house in Canberra of ACT, Australia. Image: Shutterstock/Decrypt

    Australia Drafts Law to Tighten Oversight of Digital Asset Platforms

    Australia has released draft legislation to regulate digital asset platforms, proposing a framework that extends financial services laws to crypto businesses in an effort to bolster consumer protections and provide clarity for the industry. Assistant Treasurer Daniel Mulino announced the reforms on Wednesday at the Digital Economy Council of Australia’s Global Digital Asset Regulatory Summit.  He described the bill as the “cornerstone” of the government’s digital asset roadmap, published in Marc...

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    3 min read
    Sebastian Sinclair
  • Gamestop logo. Source: Decrypt/Shutterstock

    GameStop Turns to Bitcoin as Q2 Profit Rebounds From Year-Ago Loss

    GameStop reported a second-quarter profit as sales rose and interest income and crypto gains lifted results, while the retailer continued to tighten costs and streamline overseas operations. The Grapevine, Texas-based company posted net income of $168.6 million for the three months ended August 2, up from $14.8 million a year earlier. Revenue increased to $972.2 million from $798.3 million a year ago and from $732.4 million in the prior quarter.  Operating income was $66.4 million, compared wit...

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    2 min read
    Sebastian Sinclair
  • Nvidia. Image: Shutterstock/Decrypt

    Nvidia Tops Estimates, Stock Falls in After Hours on China Export Headwinds

    Nvidia reported stronger-than-expected second-quarter results on Wednesday, extending its run as the world’s dominant supplier of AI semiconductors. Yet shares tumbled in extended trading after the company confirmed that it sold no H20 chips to China during the period, reviving concerns over export restrictions and geopolitical risk. The disclosure sent Nvidia’s shares down 3.4% to $176 in after-hours trading, as investors weighed the near-term impact of the regulatory backdrop on one of its key...

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    2 min read
    Sebastian Sinclair
  • Handcuffs and Bitcoin logo. Image: Shutterstock/Decrypt

    Czech Police Detain Key Figure in Bitcoin Donation Scandal, Seize Assets

    Czech police have reportedly detained convicted drug trafficker Tomas Jirikovsky and seized assets in an escalation of the investigation into a multi-million-dollar bitcoin donation to the Ministry of Justice that triggered a political crisis three months ago. The National Centre for Combating Organised Crime carried out raids on Thursday as part of a case prosecutors say is now focused on suspected money laundering and illegal drug trafficking.  The investigation, overseen by the High Public Pr...

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    2 min read
    Sebastian Sinclair
  • Bitcoin is the leading crypto asset by market cap. Image: Shutterstock/Decrypt

    Hot Inflation Clouds Fed Path, But Crypto Bulls Eye Q4 Liquidity Surge

    A hotter-than-expected U.S. wholesale inflation reading has tempered optimism for a September interest-rate cut, but some analysts say the pullback in crypto could be short-lived as liquidity tailwinds build into year-end. The Producer Price Index rose 0.9% in July, its largest monthly gain in more than three years, with core PPI matching that pace.  The data prompted traders to scale back bets on imminent Federal Reserve easing, pressuring Bitcoin and Ethereum from recent highs. Bitcoin is down...

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    2 min read
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  • Ethereum is the second biggest crypto asset by market cap. Source: Decrypt/Shutterstock

    Ethereum Price Highest Since 2021 Amid Softer Dollar and US Policy Clarity

    Ethereum climbed past $4,300 on Saturday, reaching its highest level since late 2021, as investors responded to a weaker dollar, increased institutional interest, and a steady drawdown in exchange-held supply. A weakening U.S. dollar and growing expectations of a Federal Reserve rate cut in September have lifted risk appetite across asset classes. Crypto markets have followed suit, with Ethereum outperforming Bitcoin amid signs of rotation and increased accumulation by corporate treasuries and E...

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    3 min read
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  • Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse. Image: Steve Jennings/Getty Images for TechCrunch (CC BY 2.0)/Decrypt

    SEC and Ripple End Appeals, Closing Landmark Crypto Case as XRP Soars

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Ripple Labs Inc. have formally closed their legal dispute, filing to end their respective appeals in the case over the sale of XRP tokens. In a joint filing dated Thursday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the SEC withdrew its appeal and Ripple abandoned its cross-appeal, with each party agreeing to bear its own legal costs.  The official end to the years-long dispute, finalizing a June agreement for Ripple to pay a $125 millio...

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    2 min read
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  • Logan Paul. Image: Erik Drost.

    Judge Recommends Dropping Logan Paul’s Ex-Assistant From 'CryptoZoo' Lawsuit

    A U.S. magistrate judge has recommended dismissing Logan Paul’s former assistant from a federal class action lawsuit over the failed NFT project CryptoZoo, marking the latest development in a widening legal saga that now includes multiple lawsuits and a high-profile defamation battle with a YouTuber. In a court document filed Monday, Magistrate Judge Ronald C. Griffin said the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas lacked personal jurisdiction over Danielle Strobel, who was listed...

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    3 min read
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  • Chart in the green. Image: Shutterstock/Decrypt

    Polymarket Rules 'No' on $237M Controversial Bet Over Zelenskyy's Suit

    A high-profile Polymarket contract asking whether Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy would wear a suit before July closed with a final resolution of “No” on Tuesday evening, despite widespread media coverage and images suggesting otherwise. Tuesday’s final review followed a series of disputes, beginning with a challenge to an initial “Yes” outcome. That result was later overturned in favour of “No” after a second review, before being finalized. The latter "No" outcome triggered backlash fro...

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    3 min read
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  • Bitcoin logo. Image: Shutterstock/Decrypt

    DigitalX Taps Animoca’s Yat Siu, Raises $13.5M to Buy Bitcoin

    DigitalX (DCC), Australia’s sole ASX-listed crypto fund manager, has raised A$20.7 million (US$13.5 million) from a consortium of digital asset investors to expand its Bitcoin holdings and establish a new strategic advisory board. The placement, priced at A$0.074 (US$0.048) per share, drew participation from Animoca Brands, UTXO Management, and ParaFi Capital.  Investors received one warrant for every two shares, exercisable at A$0.15 (US$0.10) and expiring in 18 months. The company said $12.8 m...

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    3 min read
    Sebastian Sinclair
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