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First Mover Asia: The Renminbi Rises; Cryptos Suffer Another Lost Weekend

The value of RMB payments gained over 10% compared to December amid an inauspicious test of the digital yuan at the Winter Olympics. Bitcoin and major altcoins tumbled as tensions continued mounting on the Ukraine border.

Chinese President Xi Jinping

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First Mover Asia: Investors Flee Crypto, Higher Risk Assets on Mounting Ukraine Tensions

Bitcoin, ether and other major altcoins plummeted as a Russian invasion seemed more likely again. Investors also remained concerned about inflation.

Crypto's still in a bear market. (Christof Koepsel/Getty Images)

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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Soars Past $44K as Ukraine Tensions Lessen

Ether and other major altcoins rose sharply after Russia said it would be receptive to a diplomatic solution to the ongoing conflict.

Bitcoin rose in Tuesday trading. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Finds Firm Footing Above $42K

Investors continue to monitor the escalating tensions on the Ukrainian border as well as this week's Producer Price Index report.

Vladimir Putin (Evgenii Sribnyi/Shutterstock)

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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Inches Upward in Sunday Trading

But the largest cryptocurrency by market cap was way way off last week's levels amid light weekend trading and escalating tensions about a possible war with Russia; ether and most other major cryptos dropped.

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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Drops With Stocks After Fed Official's Hawkish Remarks

After soaring past $45,000, the cryptocurrency fell to under $44,000; ether and other major altcoins were in the red.

Hawkish remarks by a Fed official sent bitcoin falling.(Getty Images/Tim Chapman)

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First Mover Asia: Cryptos Turn Green on Red-Letter Russia News

Bitcoin increased to nearly $45,000 and major altcoins rose as well after the world's 11th-largest economy announced it would regulate instead of ban cryptocurrencies.

Major cryptos were in the green on Thursday.(Tim Graham/Getty Images)

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First Mover Asia: Crypto Prices Finish Largely in the Red

Bitcoin fell early on but had recovered by the end of the U.S. trading day; ether drops slightly.

Most major cryptocurrencies were in the red. (Paolo Bruno/Getty Images)

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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Cracks $44K as Short-Term Investors Take Profits

Ether and other major altcoins were up over the past 24 hours.

Bitcoin broke through the $44,000 threshold on Monday. (Harold M. Lambert/Getty Images)