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Market Wrap: Cryptos Rise With Altcoins in the Lead

BTC was roughly flat over the past 24 hours, compared with a 10% rise in HNT and LINK.

Ethereum's lead over competitors might be hard to close. (Elena Rabkina/Unsplash)

Tech

$15M of Optimism Tokens Stolen After Wintermute Sent Wrong Wallet Address

The theft, which follows the token’s botched airdrop, sent the token’s price to new lows.

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First Mover Asia: Crypto’s Institutional Future May Be Incompatible With Litecoin’s Privacy Protecting Features; Bitcoin Falls

Major South Korean exchanges are delisting the token after privacy upgrades involving the MimbleWimble protocol designed to make transactions confidential and virtually untraceable.

Seoul, South Korea (Ciaran O'Brien/Unsplash)

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Market Wrap: Is Bitcoin Breaking Down or Breaking Free?

Analysts await the likely outcome of the European Central Bank's monetary-policy meeting on Thursday, which could affect in which direction BTC moves next.

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First Mover Asia: For the Metaverse to Be a $13T Opportunity, Much Has to Change; Bitcoin Rises Late Past $31K

A Citi report makes a bold prediction, but major metaverse platforms are struggling to attract committed users; altcoins are mixed.

Bitcoin rose above $31,000, but markets remained range-bound. (Michael Borgers/Getty Images)

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Close to $30K as Investors Search for a Bottom

BTC is down by 34% so far this year and is approaching the middle or late stage of a bear market, according to some indicators.

Investors bottom fishing  (Robson Hatsukami Morgan, Unsplash)

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First Mover Asia: When It Comes to Crypto, Hong Kong Isn’t the World’s ‘Freest Economy’; Bitcoin Has a Late Fall Below $30K

A memo by the city’s securities and futures regulator reminds investors of the risks of NFTs; altcoins surge and then drop.

Hong Kong's Exchange Square, home of the Hong Kong Exchange (See-ming Lee/Flickr)

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Market Wrap: Cryptos Climb Amid Lower Volatility; Sentiment Improves

So far, BTC has avoided significant price drops. But option traders are protecting against the downside.

Bitcoin 24-hour chart (CoinDesk)

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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin and Other Cryptos Tick Up in Weekend Trading

Ether and other major altcoins are slightly in the green as investors continue to look for clarity on the direction of the global economy; stablecoins face increasing scrutiny.

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Market Wrap: Altcoins Underperform as Bearish Sentiment Rises

Analysts expect price bounces to remain short term.

Mercado bajista —bear market, en inglés— de cripto. (Olen Gandy, Unsplash)