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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Plummets, Dashing Hopes of a Quick Return to Its Record High

But short-term indicators suggest limited downside at the onset of Asia trading hours; ether also suffers a big price drop.

Bitcoin's price chart over past month shows steep slide in recent days. (CoinDesk)

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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Falls Slightly in Soft Trading; Launch of VanEck Futures ETF Coming Soon

Bitcoin continued to consolidate after failing to sustain a price bounce over the weekend; ether declines.

Bitcoin price chart over the past week. (CoinDesk)

Markets

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Drifts Lower After Taproot Upgrade; Ether Drops

The most significant improvement to the Bitcoin network in four years generated weekend enthusiasm in the blockchain community (and a short video) – but nothing too exciting in terms of a price reaction.

Chart of bitcoin price over past week shows the cryptocurrency drifting lower Sunday after the Taproot upgrade went live. (CoinDesk)

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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin in $65K Range as Trading Volume Slows

Some analysts see the coming Taproot upgrade spurring an additional bitcoin price increase following this week’s surge.

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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Declines After Reaching a Record High; Ether Also Drops

The dip in bitcoin occurred after news that China Evergrande Group had failed to pay at least some of its international investors interest payments on bonds the real estate giant had issued.

Elon Musk's Tweets Send Bitcoin Price on Roller Coaster Ride; Opportunity for the Rise of Altcoins?

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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Enters ‘Extreme Greed’ Territory; Altcoins Rally

Bitcoin volume has increased the past two days but remains well below its mid-October high.

Bitcoin Back Above $46K on Low Daily Volume as Altcoins Outperform

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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Hits Record High of Over $67.5K; Ether Also Sets New Mark

Indicators suggest that bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, is headed at least initially toward the $86K resistance level.

Will Bitcoin's Bull Run Continue Next Week?

Finance

Mastercard Launches Crypto-Linked Payment Cards in Asia Pacific

The card giant will enable customers in the region to convert cryptocurrency to fiat for payments.

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Markets

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Rises Amid Light Weekend Trading

Yet, bitcoin’s market dominance has been dropping as interest in altcoins soars; transaction fees on the Ethereum blockchain have been rising.

Altcoins Overtaking Bitcoin's Dominance in Trading Volume?

Markets

Cryptocurrency Market Will More Than Triple by 2030: Study

The report by Allied Market Research projects a compound annual growth rate of 12.8% from 2021 to 2030.

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