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First Mover Asia: Singapore’s Distaste for Retail Crypto Spooks Institutional Money

Three Arrows Capital's decision last week to move its headquarters to Dubai reflects growing concerns about the city-state's increasing regulatory scrutiny of crypto; bitcoin returns to where it started the weekend.

Singapore skyline (Unsplash)

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First Mover Asia: Hong Kong Isn’t Sure if It Needs a CBDC

The issues that have prompted other countries to explore a central bank digital currency don’t exist to the same extent in Hong Kong; bitcoin continues its mini-upswing.

Hong Kong faces a choice about pursuing a CBDC. (Camerique/ClassicStock/Getty Images)

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First Mover Asia: Indian Crypto Exchanges' Trading Volume Continues to Dive Following New Tax Law; Cryptos Higher

WazirX and CoinDcx volumes were less than a third of their levels prior to the regulations going into effect; bitcoin and ether rise.

India (Kriangkrai Thitimakorn/Getty Images)

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First Mover Asia: Spot Bitcoin ETFs Are Launching in Australia but Elsewhere They Face Brutal Fund Outflows

Australia follows a lengthy list of spot bitcoin issuances in Europe and Canada, but these products come at a challenging time for crypto; bitcoin and ether drop.

Melbourne city at night (James O'Neil/ Getty Images)

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First Mover Asia: Slow Start to the Week for Crypto as China Lockdowns Drag on Stocks, S&P 500

Major equity markets in Asia have declined significantly in recent months, and bitcoin has followed a similar pattern.

Hong Kong Stock Exchange (Shutterstock)

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First Mover Asia: The Metaverse Is Subject to Earth’s Boring Old Rules

GameFi adoption has been hitting obstacles worldwide, including in China and South Korea, because of laws about converting in-game tokens to currency.

GameFi skeptics say that these games are not fun. (Jens Schlueter/Getty Images)

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First Mover Asia: A Year After Coinbase's IPO, Most Listed Crypto Firms Are Under Water Compared With Bitcoin's Performance; BTC Retreats From $42K

Fed Chair Jerome Powell suggested a series of interest-rate increases that might be higher than the usual 0.25 percentage point.

(Charlie Jung/Getty Images)

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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Minnows Have Pushed the Whales to the Side; Bitcoin, Ether Steady

BTC briefly touched a five-week low around $38,547 early Monday, then bounced and ended the trading day higher.

Silver Freshwater Minnows (*adrisbow* (Adriana Lopetrone)/Getty Images)