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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Hovers Near $30.3K After Expected Correction. Retail Investor Enthusiasm 'Likely to Increase': Analyst

The rising flows into Toronto-based Purpose’s spot bitcoin ETF, which received approval by Canadian regulators in 2021, reflect strong appetite among retail investors for these types of products and are a promising sign for U.S. companies who have recently filed spot BTC applications with the SEC.

Bitcoin daily price chart. (CoinDesk Indices)

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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Soars to One-Year High at $31.7K as Crypto Investors Savor Partial Ripple Victory

Ether and other major cryptos are swept upward in a banner day for crypto markets. PLUS: While the number of large bitcoin holders increases, bitcoin sent to exchanges continues to fall, writes CoinDesk's analysts.

Bitcoin daily price chart. (CoinDesk Indices)

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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Holds Steady Over $30K as Inflation Data, Macro Issues Leave Investors Increasingly Unmoved

ALSO: Former CFTC Chair Timothy Massad told CoinDesk TV that regulatory agencies “don’t have to resolve” the stubbornly troublesome issue whether cryptos are commodities or securities.

Bitcoin daily chart. (CoinDesk Indices)

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First Mover Asia: Crypto Market Is on ‘Standby’ as Release of June Inflation Data Nears

PLUS: Chinese Yuan-backed stablecoins are an impossibility.

Bitcoin daily chart. (CoinDesk Indices)

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First Mover Asia: Individual Wallets Holding 1 Bitcoin Hit All-Time High as BTC Maintains $30K

PLUS: Binance.US has a free money problem, but there's not enough trust in the platform to exploit it.

Bitcoin monthly report. (CoinDesk Indices)

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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Opens Week Defending $30K Support Level

PLUS: The dYdX Foundation's Charles d'Haussy says that dYdX's move away from Ethereum might be the beginning of a broader trend.

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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Whales Are Increasing, but BTC Sent to Exchanges Continues to Fall. What Does the Trend Mean?

PLUS: Bitcoin tumbled below $30,000 for the first time in almost two weeks after a disappointing ADP private sector jobs report and ISM services index, but regained some ground later on Thursday.

Bitcoin weekly chart. (CoinDesk Indices)

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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Near $30K Remains Unmoved by BlackRock CEO Comments, Hawkish FOMC Minutes

PLUS: A candidate to become Thailand's next Prime Minister owns bitcoin, ether, BNB and ADA. Here's why the disclosure by Pita Limjaroenrat matters.

Bitcoin weekly chart. (CoinDesk Indices)

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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Holds Above $30.5K at the End of a Quiet, Long Weekend

PLUS: Dismissing the very real prevalence of Ponzi schemes in GameFi isn't a good look for Web 3.

Bitcoin daily chart. (CoinDesk Indices)

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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Crosses $31K After Spot BTC ETF Issuers Begin Refiling

PLUS: The first half of 2023 has so far been very promising for the crypto majors.

Bitcoin daily chart. (CoinDesk Indices)