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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Tumbles Below $27K Amid Heightening Inflation Concerns

Ether and other major altcoins underperformed BTC over the weekend as investors continued to steer away from riskier assets; Is there a case for inflation?

Bitcoin and other cryptos fell. (David Pu'u/Getty Images)

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin and Stocks Drop; Analysts See Risk of Further Downside

Bitcoin could approach lower support at $25K-$27K with greater price volatility.

Bitcoin 24-hour price chart (CoinDesk)

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First Mover Asia: Ethereum’s Ropsten ‘Merge’ Prompts Mixed Analyst Sentiment; Bitcoin Is Flat

Some observers question whether Ethereum can stay relevant after switching from a proof-of-work model, but others are upbeat about the shift to a proof-of-stake design; cryptos have a mixed day.

Some analysts believe that the Ethereum Ropsten "Merge" will be more environmentally friendly. (Nattachai Sesaud/Getty Images)

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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)

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$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)