First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Market Cap Is Surging, but a Retreat From $30K Continues
PLUS: Western crypto innovators with great ideas are eyeing the East for tech-embracing governments and fresh opportunities. A West-East partnership may be crypto's model for the future, the co-founder of Taipei-based Woo Network, Jack Tan, writes.

Bitcoin Drops Below $28K; JPMorgan Takes Over Embattled First Republic Bank
BTC’s price had dropped from well above $29,000 on Sunday. Investors await Wednesday’s FOMC interest rate decision.

Michael Saylor's MicroStrategy Books a Much Smaller Bitcoin Impairment Charge
Amid BTC's big rally, the company's impairment loss narrowed to $18.9 million in the first quarter from $197.6 million in the fourth quarter.

Bitcoin Set New Record of Daily Transactions the Same Day the U.S. Government Quietly Engineered a Bank Buyout
The events are unconnected, but crypto has a role to play in the wider political realignment questioning the sanctity of central banks and established powers.

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin, Ether Open Asia’s Trading Week Flat
ALSO: Five CoinDesk journalists offer their takeaways from Consensus 2023. They found an industry still filled with optimism but also realistic about the challenges ahead – most notably about the regulatory uncertainty.

Trust Machines CEO on Revival of Bitcoin Building
Muneeb Ali, CEO of Trust Machines, discusses at Consensus 2023, the changes within the Bitcoin community's developer culture.

Bitcoin Use Cases Are Seeing ‘Explosive Growth,' Trust Machines Says
"Bitcoin is fun again because there's a place to build again," said Muneeb Ali, CEO of Trust Machines and co-founder of Stacks, on StageX at Consensus 2023.

Balaji Srinivasan Explains $1M Bitcoin Bet Rationale, Says Could Take Longer Than 90 Days
The entrepreneur pointed to the government printing money as the reason for his bullish call.

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Ending Week on Positive Note
The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for April 28, 2023.
