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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Celebrates the New Year With Old Pricing, Holds Steady at $16.7K

ALSO: CoinDesk's Sam Reynolds explains why crypto exchange token prices continue to respond to news events and not what the SEC and other regulators might do.

Di Sam Reynolds, James Rubin2 gen 2023

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First Mover Asia: 3 Crypto Predictions for 2023 From Digital Asset Manager 3iQ's Research Head

Mark Connors sees a rebound in digital prices by the third quarter and companies increasing their involvement in developing regulation. ALSO: Bitcoin would just as soon forget acquaintances auld and new to 2022.

Di James Rubin30 dic 2022

Crypto markets are limping to the 2022 finish line, but next year will likely improve, said a prominent crypto markets researcher. (K.J. Historical/Corbis/Getty Images)

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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Retreats Further Into the Gloom

The largest crypto by market capitalization dropped below $16,500 at one point on Wednesday. ALSO: CoinDesk research analyst George Kaloudis ranks his top five industry annoyances with FTX topping the list.

Di James Rubin29 dic 2022

Bitcoin continued its downtrend of recent days. (Getty Images)

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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Drifts Lower as Crypto Winter Continues

ALSO: CoinDesk Columnist David Z. Morris played soothsayer about the seriousness of the allegations against Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of embattled crypto exchange FTX.

Di James Rubin, David Z. Morris28 dic 2022

Bitcoin drifted lower in Tuesday trading. (Pierre-Yves Babelon/Getty Images)

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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Ho Ho Holds Near $16.9K

ALSO: CoinDesk columnist David Z. Morris considers one of the few upsides to the debacles that have deeply wounded the crypto industry in 2022.

Di James Rubin, David Z. Morris26 dic 2022

Bitcoin held steady at about $16,900 during the Christmas holiday weekend. (Markus Spiske/Rawpixel)

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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin, Ether Hold as US Stocks Fall

Plus: Glenn Ardi of CoinDesk Indonesia writes about Indonesia's vision of government permitting and controlling Web3 and DeFi by providing a government-sanctioned payment layer.

Di Bradley Keoun, Glenn Ardi 23 dic 2022

HODL can also stand for "hold on for dear life." (Credit: Shutterstock)

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First Mover Asia: Most Cryptos Stay Flat Like a Windless Lake, but a Popsicle Makes Waves.

Plus: Sam Reynolds questions the logic of calls to ban crypto, arguing that it has little chance of causing problems in traditional finance.

Di Sam Reynolds, Bradley Keoun22 dic 2022

DeFi project Popsicle’s ICE token tripled in value. (Sheri Silver/Unsplash)

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First Mover Asia: BitDAO’s $100M Token Buyback Plan Gets Mixed Reviews

Bitcoin is lethargic ahead of the new year.

Di Shaurya Malwa, Bradley Keoun21 dic 2022

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First Mover Asia: Taiwan's Dreams of Becoming Blockchain Hub Prove Elusive

Taiwanese law makes it difficult for startups to incorporate on the island, explains a Taipei-based lawyer, meaning many locally based firms legally call another place home.

Di Sam Reynolds, Bradley Keoun20 dic 2022

Taipei, Taiwan, skyline. (Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

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First Mover Asia: Missing From the Debate About Binance’s Proof of Reserves and Auditor, One Metric Shows Another Exchange Could Be in Trouble

Bitcoin was flat in early Monday trading.

Di Sam Reynolds, Bradley Keoun19 dic 2022

The FTX gloom continued, but bitcoin held steady above $16K. (Ian McGrory/Unsplash)

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