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Crypto Market February Roundup: Bitcoin Layer 2 Protocol Stacks, Ethereum Staking Derivative Tokens Surge

Stacks’ STX token was the biggest winner among 160 assets in the CoinDesk Market Index, soaring 216% during the month.

Besides reducing energy consumption, ether is also proving to be more inflation resistant. (Timon Studler/Unsplash)

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First Mover Asia: NFTs Have a ‘Digital First Sale’ Problem

ALSO: Short interest is rising on China tokens while bitcoin treads water just above $23,000.

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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Stays Rooted Near $23.5K

ALSO: Sam Reynolds writes about the complicated relationship between layer 1 blockchain Coinflux’s CFX token and China and asks if it has triple-digit growth potential.

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First Mover Asia: Solana in the Green After Weekend Deep Freeze

ALSO: CoinDesk Chief Content Officer Michael Casey considers why the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has overreached in its recent actions against crypto entities, and that the crypto industry must improve its lobbying efforts.

Solana (Zack Seward/CoinDesk archives)

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How Bitcoin's Performance Stacks Up Against Altcoins in the Short-Term

Fairlead Strategies Founder and Managing Partner Katie Stockton joins "First Mover" to discuss her crypto markets analysis as she predicts bitcoin to break through resistance relative to Ether. Plus, a closer look at why the short-term relative rotation graph suggests that most momentum for altcoins remains weak relative to bitcoin in the short-term.

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First Mover Asia: Resilient Bitcoin Rebounds Above $24K Despite Investors' Inflation, Labor Market Concerns

ALSO: CoinDesk analyst Glenn Williams explains the significance of bitcoin funding rates' 10-day, positive streak.

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Key Bitcoin Resistance Levels to Watch

StockCharts.com Senior Technical Analyst Julius de Kempenaer joins "All About Bitcoin" to discuss his bitcoin price outlook and the key support of resistance levels for BTC in the short and long term. Plus, the impact of macroeconomic conditions on the crypto market and why the relative rotation graph shows a potential explosion of altcoins.

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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Seesaws Above $24.1K Following Mixed FOMC Minutes

ALSO: Shaurya Malwa considers how nefarious market participants are attempting to benefit from the ongoing ChatGPT craze in technology circles by issuing fake tokens branded after the artificial intelligence chatbot.

Financialization means big directional bets and lots of leverage, propped up by a hype campaign. In crypto, those bets are often followed by a hard landing. (Creative Commons)

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First Mover Asia: Deconstructing Crypto's China Narrative

ALSO: Here's why it's important bitcoin hits $30,000

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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Edges Toward $25K During Slow Economic Day

PLUS: Organizers of last year’s trucker-themed "Freedom Convoy" openly flaunted a court-ordered Mareva injunction used to freeze fundraised crypto. A Canadian judge said cryptocurrencies required more study, but declined to suggest stronger rules for the country.

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