First Mover Asia: Crypto Liquidity Providers Can Be Profitable by Considering Trade Volume, Volatility and Other Factors, Data Firm Says
ALSO: Ether falls but still outperforms bitcoin for another day as investors look with hope at the Shanghai upgrade.

Bitcoin, Ether Momentum Traveling Divergent Paths
Ether's price spike this week may be foreshadowing a continuation of this trend.

Crypto Investors: Why You Need to Understand Layer 1 Protocols
There’s value in crypto, especially layer 1 protocols, even if regulators and politicians don’t dig enough to see it.

MicroStrategy Buys Another 1,045 Bitcoin for $23.9M
The company now holds 140,000 bitcoin worth about $4 billion.

Bitcoin's Spot-to-Derivatives Trading Volume Ratio Slides to Lowest in 11 Months
The decline indicates renewed risk appetite in the crypto market.

As Bitcoin Platform Paxful Closes, Co-Founder Youssef Talks Up Alternatives
A white paper for Civilization Kit, a decentralized bitcoin peer-to-peer marketplace that also allows users to build their own decentralized marketplaces, will be published in one or two weeks, says Paxful co-founder Ray Youssef. In the meantime he endorses Noones, which describes itself as a “bitcoin peer-to-peer super app for the Global South.”

First Mover Asia: Chilly DOGE, While Bitcoin Simmers Over $28.6K
ALSO: The head of markets for crypto research firm Delphi Digital said Binance's loss of market share has stemmed largely from its struggles with regulators. He also called bitcoin's current threshold at about $28K "a tough spot."

Tokenized Gold Surpasses $1B in Market Cap as Physical Asset Nears All-Time Price High
This a type of stablecoin pegs its price to gold, while the tokens on the blockchain represent ownership of physical gold managed by the issuer.

Crypto Funds’ Bitcoin Holdings Rise as Investor Demand Rebounds
Fund managers have added about 4,000 bitcoins in recent weeks.
