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Ukraine Legalizes Crypto; Korea’s Crypto Policy Ideas

Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy signs digital assets bill into law. China’s Canaan to buy back up to $100M shares to drive value. Korea’s digital asset experts set out ideas for shaping up crypto policies. More on these stories and other news shaping the cryptocurrency and blockchain world in this episode of “The Daily Forkast.”

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Markets

First Mover Asia: India Crypto Investors Await Taxation Clarity; Bitcoin Rises on a Day of Big Price Swings

India's crypto community is hoping to convince lawmakers to scale back a crypto taxation bill; bitcoin soared above $41,000.

Parliament House in New Delhi, India (Unsplash)

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China Highlights Crypto Crimes; Kazakh Miners Busted

Crypto related crimes exposed on China’s Consumer Rights Day. Ex-Kazakh President’s brother busted for illegal crypto mining. Bitcoin potentially inspiring a transition to renewable energy. More on those stories and other news shaping the cryptocurrency and blockchain world in this episode of “The Daily Forkast.”

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Opinion

A 'Petroyuan' Could Further Shake the Dollar's Dominance

Saudi-Chinese talks "accelerate" just as unprecedented sanctions against Russia whet global appetites for greenback alternatives.

Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomes Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud during a state visit to China in 2017. (Getty Images)

Finance

Bit Digital Has Deployed 39% of Its Crypto Mining Rigs in North America

The firm has shipped all of its machines out of China, but is waiting on hosting capacity to be completed.

Bitcoin mining rigs at Kryptovault's facility in Hønefoss, Norway. (Image credit: Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

Markets

Hang Seng, China Stocks Soar as Beijing Pledges Support Amid Equity Rout

Crypto remains stable, though liquidity thin, as markets in Hong Kong climb out from the worst slump since the 2008 recession.

Hong Kong skyline (Ruslan Bardash/Unsplash)

Markets

First Mover Asia: China Equities Woes, Tensions With US Have Barely Touched Bitcoin; Cryptos Climb

Hong Kong's Hang Seng market has suffered through some of its worst days in more than a decade but that has not seemed to affect bitcoin's price much; cryptos rose slightly amid wait for Fed interest rate decision.

Hong Kong's Exchange Square, home of the Hong Kong Exchange (See-ming Lee/Flickr)

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Bitcoin's Next Move Ahead of Tomorrow's Fed Interest Rate Decision

Prime Trust Chief Product Officer Sara Xi discusses her outlook for bitcoin as investors await the interest rate decision from the Federal Reserve's two-day meeting. Plus, why China's latest COVID outbreak could cause inflationary pressure, and what Saudi Arabia's potential oil sale to China in Chinese yuan could mean for bitcoin.

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Singapore Imposes Sanctions; Bitcoin Bucks Market Trend

Binance wins license in Bahrain. Singapore targets designated Russian banks amid sanctions. Bitcoin holds ground despite wider market falls over Ukraine and China concerns. Altcoins to keep a watch on. We’ll have more on those stories and other news shaping the cryptocurrency and blockchain world in this episode of “The Daily Forkast.”

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